Dell Precision 7875 Tower - Page 167

Table 43. System setup options—Security menu(continued)
Security
Clear Firmware Device Tamper Detection Allows clearing the event and booting.
By default, this option is disabled.
Table 44. System setup options—Passwords menu
Passwords
Admin Password The Administrator Password prevents unauthorized access to the BIOS Setup
options. Once the administrator password is set, the BIOS setup options can
only be modified after providing the correct password.
The following rules and dependencies apply to the Administrator Password -
● The administrator password cannot be set if system and/or internal hard
drive passwords are previously set.
● The administrator password can be used in place of the system and/or
internal hard drive passwords.
● When set, the administrator password must be provided during a firmware
update.
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Clearing the administrator password also clears the system password (if
set).
Dell Technologies recommends using an administrator password to prevent
unauthorized changes to BIOS setup options.
System Password The System Password prevents the system from booting to an operating
system without entering the correct password.
The following rules and dependencies apply when the System Password is used
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● The computer shuts down when idle for approximately 10 minutes at the
system password prompt.
● The computer shuts down after three incorrect attempts to enter the
system password.
● The computer shuts down when the Esc key is pressed at the System
Password prompt.
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The system password is not prompted when the computer resumes from
standby mode.
Dell Technologies recommends using the system password in situations where
it is likely that a system may be lost or stolen.
M.2 PCIe SSD-1 Set, change, or delete the M.2 PCIe SSD-1 password.
Password Configuration The Password configuration page includes several options for changing the
requirements of BIOS passwords. You can modify the minimum and maximum
length of the passwords as well as require passwords to contain certain
character classes (upper case, lower case, digit, special character).
Dell Technologies recommends setting the minimum password length to at
least 8 characters.
Upper Case Letter Reinforces password must have at least one upper case letter.
By default, the option is disabled.
Lower Case Letter Reinforces password must have at least one lower case letter.
By default, the option is disabled.
Digit Reinforces password must have at least one digit number.
By default, the option is disabled.
Special Character Reinforces password must have at least one special character.
By default, the option is disabled.
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