ThinkPad S540 - Page 107

Table5.Securitymenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePassword
atrestart,apasswordpromptwill
bedisplayedwhenyourestartthe
computer.IfyouselectDisabled,no
passwordpromptwillbedisplayed;
thecomputergoesaheadandloads
theoperatingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,youcanset
theuserauthenticationonthe
operatingsystem.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
Specifyaminimumlengthfor
power-onpasswordandharddisk
passwords.Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandspecifyaminimum
lengthforpasswords,noonebut
youcanchangethelength.
Power-OnPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Power-onpassword”on
page46
.
HardDisk1Password•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Harddiskpasswords”on
page48.
HardDisk2Password•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Harddiskpasswords”on
page48
.
SecurityChip
•Active
•Inactive
•Disabled
IfyouselectActive,thesecurity
chipwillbefunctional.Ifyouselect
Inactive,theSecurityChipoption
willbevisible,butthesecuritychip
willnotbefunctional.Ifyouselect
Disabled,theSecurityChipoption
willbehiddenandthesecuritychip
willnotbefunctional.
SecurityReporting
Options
Enableordisablethefollowing
SecurityReportingOptions:
•BIOSROMStringsReporting:
BIOStextstring
•CMOSReporting:CMOSdata
•NVRAMReporting:Security
datastoredintheAssetID
•SMBIOSReporting:SMBIOS
data
ClearSecurityChip
EnterThisoptionisusedtoclear
encryptionkeys.Itwill
notbepossibletoaccess
already-encrypteddataafter
thesekeysarecleared.
PhysicalPresencefor
Provisioning
•Disabled
•Enabled
Thisoptionenablesordisablesthe
confirmationmessagewhenyou
changethesettingsofthesecurity
chip.
SecurityChip
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