ofahardwareencryptionchip.Fortheefcientuseoftheencryptionfeature,besuretosetaharddisk
passwordfortheinternalstoragedevice.
Settingthesecuritychip
Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransfercondentialinformation
electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecuritychip,
acryptographicmicroprocessor.WiththesecuritychipandClientSecuritySolution,youcandothefollowing:
•Protectyourdataandsystem
•Strengthenaccesscontrols
•Securecommunications
SettingtheSecurityChip
ThechoicesofferedintheSecurityChipsubmenuundertheSecuritymenuoftheThinkPadSetupare
asfollows:
•SecurityChip:activates,inactivates,ordisablestheSecurityChip.
•SecurityReportingOptions:enablesordisableseachSecurityReportingOption.
•ClearSecurityChip:clearstheencryptionkey .
Notes:
1.BesurethattheSupervisorpasswordhasbeensetintheThinkPadSetup.Otherwiseanyonecan
changethesettingsfortheSecurityChip.
2.IfyouareusingClientSecuritySolution,handletheSecurityChipasfollows:
•DonotcleartheSecurityChip.Ifyoudo,thefunctionsassignedtothekeyswillbeer ased.
•DonotdisabletheSecurityChip.Ifyoudo,ClientSecuritySolutionwillnotwork.
3.IftheSecurityChipisremovedorreplaced,oranewonehasbeenadded,thecomputerwillnotstart.
Youwillhear4cyclesof4beepseach,oryouseeerrormessage0176or0192.
4.IftheSecurityChipisinactiveordisabled,ClearSecurityChipwillnotbedisplayed.
5.WhenyoucleartheSecuritychip,besuretoturnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagainafteryou
settheSecuritychiptoActive.Otherwise,thechoiceofClearSecurityChipisnotdisplayed.
TosetanitemintheSecurityChipsubmenu:
•Printtheseinstructions.TosettheSecurityChip,youmustturnyourcomputeroffandthenonagain.
•Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.
•Turnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagain.
•Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupopens.
•Usingthecursorkeys,movetoSecurity.TheSecuritymenuopens.
•Usingthecursorkeys,movetoSecurityChip,andpressEnter.TheSecurityChipsubmenuopens.
•Usingthecursorkeys,movetoanitemyouwanttoset.Whentheitemyouwantishighlighted,press
Enter.
•Settheitemsyouwanttoset.
•PressF10toexit.
•ClickYesintheSetupConrmationwindow.
TosettheSecurityChip,youhavetoopentheClientSecuritySolution,andfollowtheinstructionson
thescreen.
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