Dell 3550 owner manual Security

Table 5. Security

Option	Description
Admin Password	Allows you to set, change, or delete the administrator (admin) password.
		NOTE: You must set the admin password before you set the system
		or hard drive password. Deleting the admin password automatically
		deletes the system password and the hard drive password.
		NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately.
	Default Setting: Not set
System Password	Allows you to set, change or delete the system password.
		NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately.
	Default Setting: Not set
Internal HDD-0 Password	Allows you to set, change or delete the password on the system's
	internal hard-disk drive.
		NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately.
	Default Setting: Not set
Strong Password	Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong passwords.
	Default Setting: Enable Strong Password is not selected.
		NOTE: If Strong Password is enabled, Admin and System passwords
		must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase
		character and be at least 8 characters long.
Password Configuration	Allows you to determine the minimum and maximum length of
	Administrator and System passwords.
Password Bypass	Allows you to enable or disable the permission to bypass the System and
	the Internal HDD password, when they are set. The options are:
	•	Disabled
	•	Reboot bypass
	Default Setting: Disabled
Password Change	Allows you to enable the disable permission to the System and Hard
	Drive passwords when the admin password is set.
	Default Setting: Allow Non-Admin Password Changes is selected.
Non-Admin Setup Changes	Allows you to determine whether changes to the setup options are
	allowed when an Administrator Password is set. If disabled the setup
	options are locked by the admin password.
Computrace	Allows you to activate or disable the optional Computrace software The
	options are:
	•	Deactivate

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