Table 5. Security menu items (continued)

Menu item

Submenu item

Selection

Comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password at restart

Disabled

If you select and enable Password

 

 

Enabled

at restart, a password prompt will

 

 

be displayed when you restart the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

computer. If you select Disabled, no

 

 

 

 

password prompt will be displayed;

 

 

 

 

the computer goes ahead and loads

 

 

 

 

the operating system. To prevent

 

 

 

 

unauthorized access, you can set

 

 

 

 

the user authentication on the

 

 

 

 

operating system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set Minimum Length

Disabled

Specify a minimum length for

 

 

 

 

power-on password and hard disk

 

 

 

 

passwords. If you set the supervisor

 

 

 

 

password and specify a minimum

 

 

 

 

length for passwords, no one but

 

 

 

 

you can change the length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power-On Password

Disabled

Refer to “Power-on password” on

 

 

Enabled

page 48.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk1 Password

Disabled

Refer to “Hard disk passwords” on

 

 

Enabled

page 50.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk2 Password

Disabled

Refer to “Hard disk passwords” on

 

 

Enabled

page 50.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security Chip

Security Chip

Active

If you select Active, the security

 

 

Inactive

chip will be functional. If you select

 

 

Inactive, the Security Chip option

 

 

Disabled

 

 

will be visible, but the security chip

 

 

 

 

will not be functional. If you select

 

 

 

 

Disabled, the Security Chip option

 

 

 

 

will be hidden and the security chip

 

 

 

 

will not be functional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security Reporting

 

 

Enable or disable the following

 

Options

 

 

Security Reporting Options:

 

 

 

 

BIOS ROM Strings Reporting:

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS text string

 

 

 

 

CMOS Reporting: CMOS data

 

 

 

 

NVRAM Reporting: Security

 

 

 

 

 

data stored in the Asset ID

 

 

 

 

SMBIOS Reporting: SMBIOS

 

 

 

 

 

data

 

 

 

 

 

Clear Security Chip

Enter

This option is used to clear

 

 

 

 

encryption keys. It will

 

 

 

 

not be possible to access

 

 

 

 

already-encrypted data after

 

 

 

 

these keys are cleared.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Presence for

Disabled

This option enables or disables the

 

Provisioning

Enabled

confirmation message when you

 

 

change the settings of the security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lenovo S540 Inactive, the Security Chip option, Disabled, the Security Chip option, Bios ROM Strings Reporting, Enter

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