Users Guide
• If the Admin password is set in the system, and you want to congure BIOS tokens/features, you need to provide the Admin password.
• If the Admin and system passwords are set in the system, and you want to congure BIOS tokens/features, you need to provide the
Admin password.
• If the Admin and system passwords are set in the system, and if you want to congure BIOS tokens/features as well as change system
password, you need to provide either the System or the Admin password.
Using the HardDisk Drive password feature
This feature allows you to set, change, and clear the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) password. To congure BIOS attributes/features, provide the
HDD password, if set.
HDDInfo
Displays the details of each HDD. The following information is displayed:
• HDD Name — The name of the HDD.
• Present — Whether the HDD is physically present.
• PwdProtected — Whether a password exists for the HDD.
• PendingRestart — Whether a reboot is pending to set the password.
• AdminOnlyChange — Whether the changes to the password can be made only by an administrator.
• SecureEraseSupported — Whether HDD Secure Erase is supported.
• SecureEraseEnabled — Whether HDD Secure Erase is enabled.
Congure the following:
• AdminPassword — Specify the Admin password while setting HDD password if administrator has restricted the changes to the HDD
password.
• ATAMaximumSecurityMode — Provide the value as '0' if you want HDD to be congured in ATA High Security Mode, or '1' if you want
the HDD to be congured in ATA maximum Security Mode (Secure Erase).
Setting the HDD password
To set the password, run the command in the following format:
Example: To set the HDD password in maximum security mode.
Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\Security\HDDPassword <New password> -ATAMaximumSecurityMode "1"
Changing the HDD password
To change the existing password, run the command in the following format:
Example: To change the HDD password:
Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\Security\HDDPassword <new HDD password> -Password <existing HDD
password>
Example: To change the HDD password from the current value to a new value.
Set-Item -Path DellSmbios:\Security\HDDPassowrd <New HDD password> -Password <Plain text
password> -AdminPassword <Admin password>
Clearing the HDD password
To clear the password, run the command in the following format:
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