Intel® Server Board S2600CW Family TPS  System Security 
Revision 2.4     
Table 8. Setup Utility – Security Configuration Screen Fields 
Activated 
Enabled and 
Deactivated 
Disabled and 
Activated 
Disabled and 
Deactivated 
Shows the current TPM device 
state. 
A disabled TPM device will not 
execute commands that use TPM 
functions and TPM security 
operations will not be available. 
An enabled and deactivated TPM is 
in the same state as a disabled 
TPM except setting of TPM 
ownership is allowed if not present 
already. 
An enabled and activated TPM 
executes all commands that use 
TPM functions and TPM security 
operations will be available. 
Administrative 
Control 
Turn On 
Turn Off 
Clear Ownership 
[No Operation] – No changes to the 
current state. 
[Turn On] – Enables and activates 
TPM. 
[Turn Off] – Disables and 
deactivates TPM. 
[Clear Ownership] – Removes the 
TPM ownership authentication and 
returns the TPM to a factory default 
state. 
Note: The BIOS setting returns to 
[No Operation] on every boot cycle 
by default. 
 
4.2  BIOS Password Protection 
The BIOS uses passwords to prevent unauthorized tampering with the server setup. 
Passwords can restrict entry to the BIOS Setup, restrict use of the Boot Popup menu, and 
suppress automatic USB device reordering. 
There is also an option to require a Power On password entry in order to boot the system. If 
the Power On Password function is enabled in Setup, the BIOS will halt early in POST to 
request a password before continuing POST. 
Both Administrator and User passwords are supported by the BIOS. An Administrator 
password must be installed in order to set the User password. The maximum length of a 
password is 14 characters. A password can have alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) characters and it 
is case sensitive. Certain special characters are also allowed, from the following set: 
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