Password Options
(This selection appears
only if a power-on
password or setup
password is set.)
Allows you to:
●
Lock legacy resources (appears if a setup password is set)
●
Enable/disable network server mode (appears if a power-on password is set)
●
Specify whether the password is required for warm boot (Ctrl + Alt + Delete) (appears if a power-
on password is set)
●
Enable/Disable Setup Browse Mode (appears if a setup password is set) (allows viewing, but
not changing, the F10 Setup Options without entering setup password)
See the Desktop Management Guide on the Documentation and Diagnostics CD for more
information.
Embedded Security
(This menu item only
appears after the
Embedded Security
Device is made available
under Device Security.)
Allows you to:
●
Enable/disable the Embedded Security device
●
Reset the device to Factory Settings
●
Enable/disable power-on authentication support. (some models)
●
Reset authentication credential. (some models)
This feature is supported on some models only. See the Desktop Management Guide on the
Documentation and Diagnostics CD for more information.
Device Security Allows you to set Device Available/Device Hidden for
●
Serial ports
●
Parallel port
●
All USB ports
●
Front USB ports
●
System audio
●
Network controllers (some models)
●
Embedded security device (some models)
Network Service Boot Enables/disables the computer’s ability to boot from an operating system installed on a network
server. (Feature available on NIC models only; the network controller must be either a PCI expansion
card or embedded on the system board.)
System IDs Allows you to set:
●
Asset tag (18-byte identifier) and ownership tag (80-byte identifier displayed during POST).
See the Desktop Management Guide on the Documentation and Diagnostics CD for more
information.
●
Ownership Tag. This tag is a string that is displayed under the POST splash screen that may
be used to identify the owner of the computer.
●
Chassis serial number or Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) number. The UUID can only be
updated if the current chassis serial number is invalid. (These ID numbers are normally set in
the factory and are used to uniquely identify the system.)
●
Keyboard locale setting (for example, U.S. or Deutsch) for System ID entry.
DriveLock Security Allows you to assign or modify a master or user password for hard drives. When this feature is
enabled, the user is prompted to provide one of the DriveLock passwords during POST. If neither
is successfully entered, the hard drive will remain inaccessible until one of the passwords is
successfully provided during a subsequent cold-boot sequence.
Table 4 Computer Setup—Security (continued)
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