Dell Vostro 3582 - Security

Option Description
• Primarily AC use
• Custom
Advanced Battery Charge Mode This option enables you to maximize the battery health. By enabling this option, your system uses the
standard charging algorithm and other techniques, during the non work hours to improve the battery
health. This option is disabled by default.
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Security
Table 26. Security
Option Description
Asset Tag Allows you to set, change, or delete the asset tag.
Admin Password Allows you to set, change, or delete the admin password.
System Password Allows you to set, change, or delete the system password.
HDD Password Allows you to set, change or delete the internal HDD password.
Password Change This option lets you determine whether changes to the System and Hard Disk passwords are
permitted when an administrator password is set. The Password Change is denied by default.
Password Bypass This option lets you bypass the System (Boot) Password and the internal HDD password prompts
during a system restart.
• Disabled — Always prompt for the system and internal HDD password when they are set. This
option is enabled by default.
• Reboot Bypass — Bypass the password prompts on Restarts (warm boots).
NOTE: The system will always prompt for the system and internal HDD passwords when
powered on from the o state (a cold boot). Also, the system will always prompt for
passwords on any module bay HDDs that may be present.
Computrace(R) This eld 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.
• Deactivate - This option is selected by default.
• Disable
• Activate
Firmware TPM This option is enabled by default.
PPI Bypass for Clear Command This option is disabled by default.
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)
SMM Security Mitigation Allows you to enable or disable additional UEFI SMM Security Mitigation protections. This option is
not set by default.
24 System setup