User Manual

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Recovery will proceed if not cancelled via the ESC key within 20 seconds.
The BIOS shall display the recovery progress. If a BIOS .CAP file was not
detected (or the BIOS Recovery was cancelled) then the BIOS will reset
the system and continue normally to POST.
[F5]
Restore BIOS Settings
The BIOS will restore the current setup settings and the current defaults
to the build time defaults in the case of a boot issue caused by setup
variable changes.
[F7]
Update BIOS
BIOS Update during the BDS phrase. The BIOS will update independent of
any OS loading and provides a menu UI accessible during boot up. This is
not a recovery tool and will not overwrite a corrupt BIOS or ME firmware.
[F9]
Remote Assistance
Note: Will only be displayed if Remote Assistance is supported.
[F10] Enter Boot Menu
[F12]
Network Boot
6.4 Hard Disk Drive Password Security
Feature
The Hard Disk Drive Password Security feature blocks ready and write access to the
hard disk drive until the correct password is given. Hard disk drive passwords are set in
BIOS Setup and are prompted for BIOS POST. For convenient support for resuming
from S3, the system BIOS will automatically unlock drives on resume from S3. Valid
password characters are A-Z, a-z, and 0-9. Passwords may be up to 32 characters in
length.
The User hard disk drive password, when set, will be required on each power cycle until
the Master Key or User hard disk drive password is submitted.
The Master Key hard disk drive password, when set, will not lock the drive. The Master
Key hard disk drive password exists as an unlock override if the User hard disk drive
password is forgotten. Only the User hard disk drive password, when set, will cause a
hard disk to be locked on a system power cycle. Table 22 show the effects of setting
the hard disk drive passwords.
Table 22. Master Key and User Hard Disk Drive Password Functions
Password Set Password During Boot
Neither
None
Master only
None
User only
User only
Master and User Set User
During every POST, if a User hard disk drive password is set, POST execution will pause
with the following prompt to force the User to enter the Master Key or the User hard disk
drive password:
“Enter Hard Disk Drive Password:”
Upon successful entry of the Master Key or User hard disk drive password, the system
will continue with normal POST.
If the hard disk drive password is not correctly entered, the system will go back to the
above prompt. The User will have three attempts to correctly enter the hard disk drive