Setup Utilities and Diagnostics Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Option

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security

Smart Cover

Allows you to:

 

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(some models)

• Lock/unlock the Cover Lock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Set the Cover Removal Sensor to Disable/Notify User/Setup

 

 

 

Password.

 

 

 

✎ Notify User alerts the user that the sensor has detected that the

 

 

 

cover has been removed. Setup Password requires that the setup

 

 

 

password be entered to boot the computer if the sensor detects

 

 

 

that the cover has been removed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Embedded

Allows you to:

 

 

Security (This menu

• Enable/disable the Embedded Security device.

 

 

only appears after

 

 

• Reset the device to Factory Settings.

 

 

the Embedded

 

 

• Enable/disable power-on authentication support (some

 

 

Security Device is

 

 

made available

models).

 

 

under Device

• Reset authentication credentials (some models).

 

 

Security)

 

 

This feature is supported on some models only.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Device Security

Enables/disables serial ports, parallel port, all USB ports, system

 

 

 

audio, network controllers (some models), SMBus controller (some

 

 

 

models), and embedded security device (some models).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network Service

Enables/disables the computer’s ability to boot from an operating

 

 

Boot

system installed on a network server. (Feature available on NIC

 

 

 

models only; the network controller must reside on the PCI bus or be

 

 

 

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).

 

 

 

• 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, English or German) 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.

✎This selection will only appear when at least one drive that supports the DriveLock feature is attached to the system.

✎Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.

 

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