User Guide

Table5.Securitymenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
theuserauthenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthfor
power-onpasswordandharddisk
passwords.Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandspecifyaminimum
lengthforpasswords,noonebut
youcanchangethelength.
Power-OnPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Power-onpassword”on
page44
.
HardDisk1Password•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Harddiskpasswords”on
page44
.
HardDisk2Password•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Harddiskpasswords”on
page44
.
SecurityChip
•Active
•Inactive
•Disabled
IfyouselectActive,thesecurity
chipisfunctional.Ifyouselect
Inactive,theSecurityChipoption
isvisible,butthesecuritychip
isnotfunctional.Ifyouselect
Disabled,theSecurityChipoption
ishiddenandthesecuritychipis
notfunctional.
SecurityReporting
Options
Enableordisablethefollowing
SecurityReportingOptions:
•BIOSROMStringsReporting:
BIOStextstring
•CMOSReporting:CMOSdata
•NVRAMReporting:Security
datastoredintheAssetID
•SMBIOSReporting:SMBIOS
data
ClearSecurityChip
Enter
Cleartheencryptionkey.
Note:Thisitemisdisplayedonly
ifyouhaveselectedActiveforthe
SecurityChipoption.
PhysicalPresencefor
Provisioning
•Disabled
•Enabled
Thisoptionenablesordisablesthe
conrmationmessagewhenyou
changethesettingsofthesecurity
chip.
SecurityChip
PhysicalPresencefor
Clear
•Disabled
•Enabled
Thisoptionenablesordisablesthe
conrmationmessagewhenyou
clearthesecuritychip.
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