Table 37. BIOS Setup options—Security menu(continued)
Security
Administrator password-based manageability tools from running, prevents some
Dell software applications from reading configuration settings, and/or prevents
changes to the BIOS configuration settings.
When enabled, this option only supports the Authenticated BIOS Manageability
Interface (ABI) for managing the BIOS configuration changes. To support this
feature, ABI must be enabled and provisioned.
When set to Enabled , the Legacy Manageability Interface can be used to read
and change BIOS configuration settings.
When set to Read-Only , BIOS configuration settings can be read, but cannot be
changed through the Legacy Manageability Interface.
When set to Disabled , the Legacy Manageability Interface is disabled. BIOS
configuration reads and writes are blocked.
Firmware Device Tamper Detection Allows you to control the firmware device tamper detection feature. This feature
notifies the user when the firmware device is tampered. When enabled, a screen
warning messages are displayed on the computer and a tamper detection event
is logged in the BIOS Events log. The computer fails to reboot until the event is
cleared.
By default, the Firmware Device Tamper Detection option is enabled.
For additional security, Dell Technologies recommends keeping the Firmware
Device Tamper Detection option enabled.
Clear Firmware Device Tamper Detection Allows you to clear the events that are logged when tampering of firmware
device is detected.
By default, the Clear Firmware Device Tamper Detection option is disabled.
NOTE: To view this option, enable Advanced Setup mode as described in
View Advanced Setup options.
Pluton Security Processor
Pluton Security Processor is used by the operating system to provide security
services such as Key Storage Provider functionality. When enabled, the Pluton
Security Processor services are available to the operating system. Disabling the
Pluton Security Processor might limit some operating system security services
and impact functionality. .
By default, the Pluton Security Processor option is enabled.
For additional security, Dell Technologies recommends keeping the Pluton
Security Processor option enabled.
Table 38. BIOS Setup options—Passwords menu
Passwords
Administrator 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 computer and/or internal storage
passwords are previously set.
● The administrator password can be used in place of the computer and/or
internal storage passwords.
● When set, the administrator password must be provided during a firmware
update.
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Clearing the administrator password also clears the computer password (if
set).
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