ThinkPad S540 User Manual page 107

Table 5. Security menu items (continued)
Menu item
Security Chip
Submenu item
Password at restart
Set Minimum Length
Power-On Password
Hard Disk1 Password
Hard Disk2 Password
Security Chip
Security Reporting
Options
Clear Security Chip
Physical Presence for
Provisioning
Selection Comments
• Disabled If you select and enable Password
at restart, a password prompt will
• Enabled
be displayed when you restart the
computer. If you select Disabled, no
password prompt will be displayed;
the computer goes ahead and loads
the operating system. To prevent
unauthorized access, you can set
the user authentication on the
operating system.
• Disabled Specify a minimum length for
power-on password and hard disk
passwords. If you set the supervisor
password and specify a minimum
length for passwords, no one but
you can change the length.
• Disabled Refer to "Power-on password" on
page 46.
• Enabled
• Disabled Refer to "Hard disk passwords" on
page 48.
• Enabled
• Disabled Refer to "Hard disk passwords" on
page 48.
• Enabled
• Active
If you select Active, the security
chip will be functional. If you select
• Inactive
Inactive, the Security Chip option
• Disabled
will be visible, but the security chip
will not be functional. If you select
Disabled, the Security Chip option
will be hidden and the security chip
will not be functional.
Enable or disable the following
Security Reporting Options:
• BIOS ROM Strings Reporting:
• CMOS Reporting: CMOS data
• NVRAM Reporting: Security
• SMBIOS Reporting: SMBIOS
Enter This option is used to clear
encryption keys. It will
not be possible to access
already-encrypted data after
these keys are cleared.
• Disabled This option enables or disables the
confirmation message when you
• Enabled
change the settings of the security
chip.
Chapter 8
BIOS text string
data stored in the Asset ID
data
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Advanced configuration
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