Reference Guide

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Encryption Method and Cipher
Strength (Removable Volumes)
AES-128
AES-128
AES-256
XTS-AES-128 (for use with
Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
and later)
XTS-AES-256 (for use with
Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
and later)
Algorithm and cipher strength
used by BitLocker Drive Encryption
for Removable Volumes.
To encrypt removable drives to
use with older versions of
Windows as well as with Windows
10 Anniversary Edition and later,
use AES-128 or AES-256.
Encryption Method and Cipher
Strength (Fixed Volumes)
XTS-AES-128
AES-128
AES-256
XTS-AES-128 (for use with
Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
and later)
XTS-AES-256 (for use with
Windows 10 Anniversary Edition
and later)
Algorithm and cipher strength
used by BitLocker Drive Encryption
for Fixed Volumes.
See advanced settings
Policy Default Setting Description
Server Encryption
This technology manages Dell's data centric encryption using certificate-
based authentication instead of
the typical user-based authentication instead of the typical user-based authentication. This technology
allows for protection of devices such as Windows Servers that do not commonly have users logged in.
Server Encryption Off
On
Off
This policy enables or disables
System Data Encryption (SDE) and
Common Encryption on the client
server.
Changing the value of this policy
triggers a new sweep to
encrypt/decrypt files.
Allow Software Server Encryption Selected
Selected
Not Selected
If this policy is Selected, client
servers are activated at the
Enterprise level.
This policy may be set to Not
Selected to block activations
during initial Dell Server setup and
maintenance interruptions.
Server Maintenance Schedule Not Selected
This policy must be selected to use
all other Server Maintenance
policies. If this policy is Not
Selected, no Server Maintenance
po
licies are enforced, regardless of