Dell T630 owner manual System Security Settings screen

Menu Item	Description
	frequency to either save power or optimize performance is influenced by
	the setting of the Energy Efficiency Policy.
Energy Efficient Policy	Enables you to select the Energy Efficient Policy.
	The CPU uses the setting to manipulate the internal behavior of the
	processor and determines whether to target higher performance or
	better power savings.

Number of Turbo Boot Enabled Cores for Processor 1

Monitor/Mwait

NOTE: If there are two processors installed in the system, you see an entry for Number of Turbo Boost Enabled Cores for Processor 2.

Controls the number of turbo boost enabled cores for processor 1. By default, the maximum number of cores is enabled.

Enables the Monitor/Mwait instructions in the processor. By default, the Monitor/Mwait option is set to Enabled for all system profiles, except Custom.

NOTE: This option can be disabled only if the C States option in Custom mode is set to disabled.

NOTE: When C States set to Enabled in Custom mode, changing the Monitor/Mwait setting does not impact system power/ performance.

System Security Settings screen

You can use the System Security screen to perform specific functions such as setting the system password, setup password and disabling the power button.

To view the System Security screen, click System Setup Main Menu → System BIOS → System Security Settings.

Menu Item	Description
Intel AES-NI	Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and
	decryption using the Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set and is
	set to Enabled by default.
System Password	Sets the system password. This option is set to Enabled by default and is
	read-only if the password jumper is not installed in the system.
Setup Password	Sets the setup password. This option is read-only if the password jumper
	is not installed in the system.

Password Status

TPM Security

Locks the system password. By default, the Password Status option is set to Unlocked.

NOTE: The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is installed.

Allows you to control the reporting mode of the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). By default, the TPM Security option is set to Off. You can only modify the TPM Status, TPM Activation, and Intel TXT fields if the TPM Status field is set to either On with Pre-boot Measurements or On without Pre-boot Measurements.

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