Owners Manual

Option Description

Options Description

User Mode

In User Mode, PK must be installed, and BIOS performs signature verication on

programmatic attempts to update policy objects.

The BIOS allows unauthenticated programmatic transitions between modes.

Audit Mode

In Audit mode, PK is not present. The BIOS does not authenticate programmatic updates

to the policy objects, and transitions between modes.

Audit Mode is useful for programmatically determining a working set of policy objects.

BIOS performs signature verication on pre-boot images and logs results in the image

Execution Information Table, but executes the images whether they pass or fail

verication.

Deployed Mode

Deployed Mode is the most secure mode. In Deployed Mode, PK must be installed and

the BIOS performs signature verication on programmatic attempts to update policy

objects.

Deployed Mode restricts the programmatic mode transitions.

Secure Boot Policy

Summary

Species the list of certicates and hashes that secure boot uses to authenticate images.

Secure Boot

Custom Policy

Settings

Congures the Secure Boot Custom Policy. To enable this option, set the Secure Boot Policy to Custom option.

Creating a system and setup password

Prerequisite

Ensure that the password jumper is enabled. The password jumper enables or disables the system password and setup password features.

For more information, see System board jumpers and connectors .

NOTE

: If the password jumper setting is disabled, the existing system password and setup password are deleted and you need

not provide the system password to boot the system.

Steps

1 To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or rebooting your system.

2 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > System Security.

3 On the System Security screen, verify that Password Status is set to Unlocked.

4 In the System Password eld, type your system password, and press Enter or Tab.

Use the following guidelines to assign the system password:system password:

• A password can have up to 32 characters.

• The password can contain the numbers 0 through 9.

• Only the following special characters are allowed: space, (”), (+), (,), (-), (.), (/), (;), ([), (\), (]), (`).

A message prompts you to reenter the system password.

5 Reenter the system password, and click OK.

6 In the Setup Password eld, type your setup password and press Enter or Tab.

Pre-operating system management applications