Option | Description |
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Admin Password | Allows you to set, change, or delete the admin password. |
System Password | Allows you to set, change, or delete the system password. |
Internal HDD-0 Password | Allows you to set, change or delete the internal HDD password. |
Strong Password | This option lets you enable or disable strong passwords for the system. |
Password Configuration | 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.
NOTE: The system
will always prompt for the system and internal HDD passwords when
powered on from the off 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 disabled by default. |
Non-Admin Setup Changes | Determines whether changes to the setup option are permitted when an administrator password is set. |
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 2.0 Security | Allows you to control whether the Trusted Platform
Module (TPM) is visible to the operating system.
Choose any one option:
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Computrace(R) | This field 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.
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OROM Keyboard Access | This option determines whether users are able to enter Option ROM configuration screen via hotkeys during boot.
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Admin Setup Lockout | Allows you to prevent users from entering Setup when Admin password is set. This option is not set by default. |
Master Password Lockout | Allows you to disable master password support Hard Disk passwords need to be cleared before the settings can be changed. This option is not set by default. |
SMM Security Mitigation | Allows you to enable or disable additional UEFI SMM Security Mitigation protections. This option is not set by default. |