Administrator Guide
Badge Status
The saturated volume icon indicates a mounted device. The no-write badge indicates
that it is read-only. Encryption is enabled, but the media is not provisioned and
Encryption External Media Access to unencrypted Media is set to Read Only.
Media encrypted by Encryption External Media, denoted by a Dell badge.
View Policy and Status in the Management Console
To view encryption policy and encryption status in the Management Console, follow the steps below.
1. As a Dell administrator, log in to the Management Console.
2. In the left pane, click Populations > Endpoints.
3. For Workstation, click an option in the Hostname field or, if you know the endpoint hostname, enter it in Search. You can
also enter a filter to search for the endpoint.
NOTE:
The wild card character (*) may be used but is not required at the beginning or end of the text. Enter Common Name,
Universal Principal Name, or sAMAccountName.
4. Click the appropriate endpoint.
5. Click the Details & Actions tab.
The Endpoint Detail area displays information about the Mac computer.
The Shield Detail area displays information about the client software, including encryption sweep start and end times for this
computer.
To view effective polices, in the Actions area, click View Effective Policies.
6. Click the Security Policies tab. From this tab, you can expand the types of policies and change individual policies.
a. When finished, click Save.
b. In the left pane, click Management > Commit.
NOTE:
The number that displays by Pending Policy Changes is cumulative. It can include changes made on other endpoints,
or made by other administrators who are using the same account.
c. Enter a description of the changes in the Comment box and click Commit Policies.
7. Click the Users tab. This area displays a list of users activated on this Mac computer. Click the user's name to display the
information for all computers this user is activated against.
8. Click the Endpoint Groups tab. This area displays all of the endpoint groups to which this Mac computer belongs.
System Volumes
Enable Encryption
The following are supported for encryption:
● Apple File System (APFS) volumes that share phyical media with the boot volume.
● Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) volumes and system disks that are partitioned with the GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition
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Tasks for the Encryption Client
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