Reference Guide

Manage Policies
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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.
Max Network
Failed
Attempts
3
1-10
Number of successive failed attempts for a client server to
connect to the Dell Server before encryption keys are locked.
Retry Interval
to connect to
Dell Server
5
1-60 minutes
Time interval for the client server to attempt to connect to
the Dell Server.
Retry if
Authentication
Fails Upon
Network
Failure
Selected
Selected
Not Selected
If Selected, the client server continues to a
ttempt to contact
the Dell Server if the first attempt fails due to a network
failure.
Retry Interval
Upon Network
Failure
10
10-60 minutes
The length of time between attempts to contact the Dell Server
if the first attempt fails due to a network failure. The
Retry
if Authentication Fails Upon Network Failure policy must be
set to Selected for this policy to be enforced.
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 policies are enfor
ced, regardless of other
policy values.
Selected allows a maintenance schedule to control application
of policy that requires a reboot.
Server
Maintenance
Schedule
Repeats
Weekly
Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annually
The schedule configuration defines when the task should run.
Daily: Runs the task every day at the specified Server
Maintenance Schedule Start Time.
Weekly: Runs the task weekly on the days specified in Server
Maintenance Day of the Week.
Monthly: Runs the task monthly on the specified Server
Maintenance Day of the Month.
Quarterly: Runs the task quarterly on the specified Server
Maintenance Day of the Month.
Annually: Runs the task annually on the specified Server
Maintenance Day of the Month.
Server
Maintenance
Schedule Start
Time
21:00
Format is HH:mm. Example: 23:59
The time the task should run.
Server
Maintenance
Day of the
Week
Saturday
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Satur
day
The day of the week the task should run.
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