Users Guide
Advanced Charge Group Policies
Two Group Policies are available for this group:
● Feature Enablement
The system administrator can select any one of the following options available in the left pane:
○ On—Turn on the feature, and apply the individual day and time settings to the system (default).
○ Off—Turn off the feature
○ Hide Feature—Remove the feature tab from the GUI.
● Day of the week (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
To disable a specific day, set all the hour and minute fields in that template to 0 (zero).
To configure Start Time for the day:
○ Set Hours: 0-23
○ Set Minutes: 0, 15, 30, 45
To configure End Time for the day:
○ Set Hours: 0-23
○ Set Minutes: 0, 15, 30, 45
Battery extender Group Policies
The system administrator can choose to hide the Battery Extender feature from the user.
NOTE:
If you enable this policy, the policy can only be enforced on systems where the BIOS supports the Battery Extender
feature.
Alerts management Group Policies
A Group Policy is available for each of the following alert categories:
● Adapter Alerts
● Battery Alerts
● Docking Station Alerts
● Other Alerts
● Thermal Alerts
Setting options available for each specific alert that is in the alert policy category are:
● Off—This alert must be suppressed if its condition is detected.
● On—This alert must be displayed if its condition is detected.
● User Controlled—Allow the system user to select whether this alert is displayed or suppressed (default).
NOTE:
Adapter alerts apply to both single and dual adapter messages. A single adapter is an adapter plugged into either the
laptop or docking station, while a dual adapter is an adapter plugged directly into the laptop together with an adapter
plugged into the docking station while the laptop is docked.
Thermal Management Group Policies
Thermal Management Group Policies include:
● Feature Enablement
● Thermal Settings
Using this policy, a system administrator can display, hide, or lock in place any of the following settings:
○ Optimized
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