Reference Guide
Manage Policies
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System policies are applied,
re
gardless of other Port Control
System policies
.
All
PCS policies require a reboot
before the policy takes effect
.
Port: Express Card Slot Enabled
Enable, Disable, or Bypass ports
exposed through the Express Card
Slot.
Port: USB Enabled
Enable, Disable, or Bypass port
access to external USB ports.
US
B port-level blocking and HID
class
-level blocking is only honored
if we can
identify the computer
chassis as a laptop/notebook form
-
factor. We rely on the computer's
BIOS for the identification of the
chassis.
Port: eSATA Enabled
Enable, Disable, or Bypass port
access to external SATA ports.
Class: Storage Enabled
PARENT to the next 3 policies. Set
this policy to Enabled to use the
next 3 Subclass Storage polices.
Setting this policy to Disabled
disables all
3 Subclass Storage
policies
- no matter what their
value.
See advanced settings
Windows Device Control
This technology allows for control of all the devices on a Windows computer (disable/enable), and can
be customized by device type.
Class: Windows Portable Device (WPD) Enabled
PARENT to the next policy. Set this
policy to Enabled to use the Subclass
Wi
ndows Portable Device (WPD):
Storage policy. Setting this policy
to Disabled disables the
Subclass
Windows Portable Device (WPD):
Stora
ge policy - no matter what its
value.
Control access to all
Windows
Portable Devices.
Subclass Windows Portable Device
(WPD): Storage
Full Access
CHILD of Class: Windows Portable
Device (WPD) . Class: Windows
Portable Device (WPD) must be set to
Enabled
to use this policy.
Full Access: Port does not have
read/write dat
a restrictions applied.
Read Only: Allows read capabili
ty.
Write data is disabled.
Blocked: Port is blocked from
read/write capability.
Class: Human Interface Device (HID) Enabled
Control access to all Human
Interface Devices (keyboards, mice).
USB port
-level blocking and HID
class
-level blocking is only honored
if we can identify the computer
chassis as a laptop/notebook form
-
factor. We rely on
the computer's
BIOS for the identification of
the
chassis.
See advanced settings