Owners Manual
Table 8. Security
Option Description
Admin Password Allows you to set, change, and delete the admin password.
System Password Allows you to set, change, and delete the system password.
Internal HDD-0 Password Allows you to set, change, and delete the computer’s internal HDD.
Internal HDD-3 Password Allows you to set, change, and delete the computer’s internal HDD.
Strong Password This option lets you enable or disable strong passwords for the system.
Password Conguration Allows you to control the minimum and maximum number of characters allowed for a administrative
password and the system password. The range of characters is between 4 and 32.
Password Bypass This option lets you bypass the System (Boot) Password and the internal HDD password prompts
during a system restart.
• Disabled — Always prompt for the system and internal HDD password when they are set. This
option is disabled by default.
• Reboot Bypass — Bypass the password prompts on Restarts (warm boots).
NOTE: The system will always prompt for the system and internal HDD passwords when
powered on from the o state (a cold boot). Also, the system will always prompt for
passwords on any module bay HDDs that may be present.
Password Change This option lets you determine whether changes to the System and Hard Disk passwords are
permitted when an administrator password is set.
Allow Non-Admin Password Changes - This option is enabled by default.
UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates This option controls whether this system allows BIOS updates via UEFI capsule update packages.
This option is selected by default. Disabling this option will block BIOS updates from services such as
Microsoft Windows Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)
TPM 1.2 Security Allows you to control whether the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is visible to the operating system.
• TPM On (default)
• Clear
• PPI Bypass for Enable Commands
• PPI Bypass for Disable Commands
• Disabled
• Enabled (default)
Computrace This eld lets you Activate or Disable the BIOS module interface of the optional Computrace Service
from Absolute Software. Enables or disables the optional Computrace service designed for asset
management.
• Deactivate - This option is selected by default.
• Disable
• Activate
CPU XD Support Allows you to enable or disable the Execute Disable mode of the processor. This option is enabled by
default.
Admin Setup Lockout Allows you to enable or disable the option to enter Setup when an Administrative password is set.
This option is not set by default.
Table 9. Secure Boot
Option Description
Secure Boot Enable Allows you to enable or disable Secure Boot feature
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