User's Guide

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Table2.Securitymenuitems
Menuitem
Submenuitem
Value
Comments
HardwarePassword
Manager
Disabled
Enabled
Managingyourpower-onpassword,supervisor
password,andyourharddiskpasswordsbythe
managementserver.
SupervisorPassword
Disabled
Enabled
See“Supervisorpassword”onpage32.
LockUEFIBIOS
Settings
Disabled
Enabled
Enableordisablethefunctionthatprotectsitems
inThinkPadSetupprogramfrombeingchanged
byauserwhodoesnothavethesupervisor
password.Bydefault,thisissettoDisabled.If
yousetthesupervisorpasswordandenablethis
function,noonebutyoucanchangeanyitems
inThinkPadSetup.
Passwordat
unattendedboot
Disabled
Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatunattended
boot,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhen
thetabletisturnedon,fromeitherapower-off
stateorhibernationstate.IfyouselectDisabled,
nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;thetablet
goesaheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoperatingsystem.
PasswordatrestartDisabled
Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,a
passwordpromptisdisplayedwhenyourestart
thetablet.IfyouselectDisabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;thetabletgoesahead
andloadstheoperatingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthentication
ontheoperatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength
Disabled
xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-on
passwordsandharddiskpasswords.Ifyouset
thesupervisorpasswordandspecifyaminimum
lengthforpasswords,noonebutyoucanchange
thelength.
Power-OnPassword
Disabled
Enabled
See“Power-onpassword”onpage30.
Password
HardDisk1PasswordDisabled
Enabled
See“Harddiskpasswords”onpage30.
SecurityChip
Active
Inactive
Disabled
IfyouselectActive,thesecuritychipisfunctional.
IfyouselectInactive,theSecurityChipoption
isvisible,butthesecuritychipisnotfunctional.If
youselectDisabled,theSecurityChipoptionis
hiddenandthesecuritychipisnotfunctional.
SecurityReporting
Options
Disabled
Enabled
EnableordisablethefollowingSecurityReporting
Options:
BIOSROMStringReporting:BIOStextstring
CMOSReporting:CMOSdata
ClearSecurityChip
Enter
Cleartheencryptionkey.
Note:Thisitemisdisplayedonlyifyouhave
selectedActivefortheSecurityChipoption.
SecurityChip
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