Operating Manual

Security functions
Trusted Platform Module - TPM
TPMTrustedPlatfor mModule
To use the TPM, you must enable the TPM in the BIOS-Setup before the software is
installed. The requirement f or this is that you have assigned at least the supervisor
password (see "
Secur ity functio ns", P age 64).
Enabling TPM
• Requirement: You have assigned a supervisor password (see "Security funct ions", Page 64).
► Call BIOS Setup and sele
ct the Security menu.
► Mark the TPM Security Chip Settin g field and press the
Enter
key.
► Select the entry Enabl
ed to enable the TPM
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Once you have enabled the TPM the Clear Security Chip menu item appears.
You can clear the hold
er in the T PM using Clear Security Chip.WithEnabled,
all s ecret ke ys (e.g
. SRK - Storage Root Keys, AIK - Attestation Identity Keys
etc.) generated by
applications are deleted.
Take note that you c
an then no longer access the data you have
encrypted on the h
older-based keys!
► From the Exit menu
, select the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the
Enter
key a nd select Yes.
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The notebook res
tarts and the TPM is switched on after the reboot.
Disabling TPM
• Requirement: You have assigned a supervisor password (see "Security funct ions", Page 64).
► Call BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
► Mark the TPM Security Chip Settin g field and press the
Enter
key.
► Select the entry Disabled to disable the TPM.
► In the Exit menu, select the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the
Enter
key a nd select Yes.
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The notebook will now reb oot with TPM deactivated.
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