Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server Board S2600IP and Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR TPS System Security
Revision 1.4 Intel order number G34153-004 91
Setup Item
Options
Help Text
Comments
TPM
Administrative
Control
No Operation
Turn On
Turn Off
Clear Ownership
[No Operation] – No changes to current
state.
[Turn On] – Enables and activates TPM.
[Turn Off] – Disables and deactivates TPM.
[Clear Ownership] – Removes the TPM
ownership authentication and returns the
TPM to a factory default state.
Note: The BIOS setting returns to [No
Operation] on every boot cycle by default.
5.3 Intel
®
Trusted Execution Technology
The Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor E5-4600/2600/2400/1600 Product Families support Intel
®
Trusted
Execution Technology (Intel
®
TXT), which is a robust security environment. Designed to help
protect against software-based attacks, Intel
®
Trusted Execution Technology integrates new
security features and capabilities into the processor, chipset and other platform components.
When used in conjunction with Intel
®
Virtualization Technology, Intel
®
Trusted Execution
Technology provides hardware-rooted trust for your virtual applications. This hardware-rooted
security provides a general-purpose, safer computing environment capable of running a wide
variety of operating systems and applications to increase the confidentiality and integrity of
sensitive information without compromising the usability of the platform.
Intel
®
Trusted Execution Technology requires a computer system with Intel
®
Virtualization
Technology enabled (both VT-x and VT-d), an Intel
®
Trusted Execution Technology-enabled
processor, chipset and BIOS, Authenticated Code Modules, and an Intel
®
Trusted Execution
Technology compatible measured launched environment (MLE). The MLE could consist of a
virtual machine monitor, an OS or an application. In addition, Intel
®
Trusted Execution
Technology requires the system to include a TPM v1.2, as defined by the Trusted Computing
Group TPM PC Client specifications, Revision 1.2.
When available, Intel Trusted Execution Technology can be enabled or disabled in the
processor by a BIOS Setup option.
For general information about Intel
®
TXT, visit the Intel
®
Trusted Execution Technology website,
http://www.intel.com/technology/security/.