Table 5. Security menu items

Menu item

Submenu item

Value

Comments

 

 

 

 

 

Password

Hardware Password

Disabled

Manage your power-on password, supervisor

 

Manager

Enabled

password, and your hard disk passwords by the

 

 

management server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supervisor Password

Disabled

See “Supervisor password” on page 42.

 

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lock UEFI BIOS

Disabled

Enable or disable the function that protects items

 

Settings

Enabled

in ThinkPad Setup from being changed by a user

 

 

who does not have the supervisor password. By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

default, this is set to Disabled. If you set the

 

 

 

 

supervisor password and enable this function, no

 

 

 

 

one but you can change any items in ThinkPad

 

 

 

 

Setup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password at

Disabled

If you select and enable Password at unattended

 

unattended boot

Enabled

boot, a password prompt is displayed when the

 

 

computer is turned on, from either a power-off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

state or hibernation state, by an unattended event

 

 

 

 

such as Wake on LAN. If you select Disabled,

 

 

 

 

no password prompt is displayed; the computer

 

 

 

 

goes ahead and loads the operating system.

 

 

 

 

To prevent unauthorized access, set the user

 

 

 

 

authentication on the operating system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password at restart

Disabled

If you select and enable Password at restart,

 

 

Enabled

a password prompt is displayed when you

 

 

restart the computer. If you select Disabled, no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

password prompt is displayed; the computer

 

 

 

 

goes ahead and loads the operating system.

 

 

 

 

To prevent unauthorized access, set the user

 

 

 

 

authentication on the operating system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set Minimum Length

Disabled

Specify a minimum length for power-on

 

 

x characters

passwords and hard disk passwords. If you set

 

 

the supervisor password and specify a minimum

 

 

 

(4≤x≤12)

 

 

 

length for passwords, no one but you can change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power-On Password

Disabled

See “Power-on password” on page 40.

 

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk x Password

Disabled

See “Hard disk passwords” on page 40.

 

 

Enabled

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk 1 means the hard disk drive built

 

 

 

 

into your computer.

 

 

 

 

Hard Disk 2 is displayed on the Password

 

 

 

 

submenu only if a secondary hard disk drive is

 

 

 

 

installed in the Serial Ultrabay Enhanced bay.

 

 

 

 

 

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Lenovo T431s, 20AA000BUS, 20AA000MUS manual Menu item Submenu item Value Comments Password

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