Users Guide

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Option Description
NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately.
Default setting: Not set
System
Password
Allows you to set, change or delete the system password.
NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately.
Default setting: Not set
Strong Password Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong passwords.
Default Setting: Enable Strong Password is not selected.
NOTE: If Strong Password is enabled, Admin and System passwords must contain at least one
uppercase character, one lowercase character and be at least 8 characters long.
Password
Configuration
Allows you to determine the minimum and maximum length of Administrator and System passwords.
Password Bypass Allows you to enable or disable the permission to bypass the System and the Internal HDD password,
when they are set. The options are:
Disabled
Reboot bypass
Default setting: Disabled
Password
Change
Allows you to enable the disable permission to the System and Hard Drive passwords when the admin
password is set.
Default setting: Allow Non-Admin Password Changes is selected.
UEFI Capsule
Firmware Update
This option controls whether the system allows the BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages.
This option is disabled by default.
CPU XD Support Allows you to enable the Execute Disable mode of the processor.
Enable CPU XD Support (default)
Admin Setup
Lockout
Allows you to prevent users from entering the setup when an Administrator password is set.
Default Setting: Enable Admin Setup Lockout is not selected.
Secure Boot screen options
Option
Description
Secure Boot
Enable
This option enables or disables the Secure Boot feature.
Disabled
Enabled
Default setting: Enabled.
Expert Key
Management
Allows you to manipulate the security key databases only if the system is in Custom Mode. The Enable
Custom Mode option is disabled by default. The options are:
PK
KEK
db
dbx
If you enable the Custom Mode, the relevant options for PK, KEK, db, and dbx appear. The options are:
Save to FileSaves the key to a user-selected file
Replace from FileReplaces the current key with a key from a user-selected file
Append from FileAdds a key to the current database from a user-selected file
DeleteDeletes the selected key
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