Table 5. System setup optionsāAdvanced menu (continued)
Advanced
Data Wipe on next boot Enables or disables data wipe on the next boot.
Default: Disabled
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive Enables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS
conditions from a recovery file on the user primary hard drive
or an external USB key.
BIOS Auto-Recovery
Enables BIOS to automatically recover BIOS without user
actions.
Default: Disabled
SupportAssist System Resolution
Auto OS Recovery Threshold Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System
Resolution Console and for the Dell OS Recovery tool.
Default: 2
SupportAssist OS Recovery Enables or disables the boot flow for the SupportAssist OS
Recovery tool in the even of certain system errors.
Default: Disabled
Table 6. System setup optionsāSecurity menu
Security
Admin Password Status Displays if the administrator password is clear or set.
System Password Status Displays if the system password is clear or set.
Default: Not Set
HDD2 Password Status Displays if the HDD password is clear or set.
Default: Not Set
Service Tag Set your systemās Service Tag.
Admin Password Allows you to set the administrator password. The
administrator password controls access to the system
setup utility.
System Password Allows you to set the system password. The system
password controls access to the computer at boot.
HDD2 password Allows you to set, change, or delete the hard-disk drive
password.
Password Change Allows you to permit or deny system password or HDD
password changes.
Default: Permitted
Computrace Enables or disables the BIOS module interface of the
optional Computrace Service from Absolute Software.
Default: Deactivate
SED Block SID Authentication Enables or disables SED Block SID Authentication.
Default: Disabled
PPI Bypass for SED Block SID Command When there is no drive ownership and the
ppibypassforblocksid is enabled, BIOS requires user input
while sending the Block SID authentication command to
SED drives. When ppibypassforblocksid is disabled, BIOS
does not require user input while sending the Block SID
command.
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