Reference Guide

Manage Policies
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If Force Restart on Policy Updates is set to Not
Selected, this policy is ignored.
Advanced Mac Encryption
Policy descriptions also display in tooltips in the Management Console. In this table, master policies are
in bold font.
Policy Default Setting Description
Dell Volume Encryption
This technology allows the use of either Mac FileVault full disk encryption or Dell's proprietary Dell
Volume Encryption.
Dell Volume Encryption On
On
Off
Toggle ON to enable Dell Volume Encryption policies. If
this policy is toggled to OFF, no Dell Volume Encryption
takes place, regardless of other policies.
Workstation Scan Priority Normal
Highest, High, Normal, Low, Lowest
Specifies the relative Mac priority of encrypted folder
scanning. High and Highes
t prioritize scanning speed over
computer responsiveness, Low and Lowest prioritize
computer responsiveness over scanning speed and favor
other resource-intensive activities, and Normal balances
the two.
The Encryption client checks for a changed Workstation
Scan Priority before processing the next file.
Encryption Algorithm AES256
AES-256, AES-128
Encryption algorithm used to encrypt data at the
endpoint (all users) level.
Encryption algorithms in order of speed, fastest first, are
AES 128, AES 256.
NOTE: This policy applies to Dell Encryption, not FileVault
encryption.
Firmware Password Mode Required
Required, Optional
Specify if the firmware password in older hardware is
optional or required for Dell Volume Encryption.
FileVault 2 Policy Conflict Behavior Ignore
Ignore, Report, Convert
Specify behavior when volume is Dell encrypted and
policy is for FV2 encryption.
Ignore – Default behavior, Dell encrypted volumes are
reported as protected if the policy requires FV2
encryption.
Report – Conflicted volum
es are reported as unprotected.
Convert – Dell encrypted volumes are converted to FV2
volumes and reported as unprotected while converting.
See basic settings
Mac Global Settings
This technology defines Mac encryption behavior, including targeted volumes, polling intervals, and
restart policies.
Max Password Delay 300
0-32400 seconds
Limits the maximum delay in seconds that can be set in
the system preferences “max password delay after scree
n
saver or sleep” of the Security panel.