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Table 13. System setup options—Maintenance menu
Maintenance
Service Tag
Asset Tag
BIOS Downgrade
Data Wipe
BIOS Recovery
Table 14. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
BIOS Events
Thermal Events
Power Events
Table 15. System setup options—SupportAssist System Resolution menu
SupportAssist
Auto OS Recovery Threshold
SupportAssist OS Recovery
System and setup password
Table 16. System and setup password
Password type
System password
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System setup
Displays the Service Tag of the computer.
Creates a system Asset Tag that can be used by an IT administrator to
uniquely identify a particular system. Once set in BIOS, the Asset Tag cannot
be changed.
Controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
Default: ON.
CAUTION:
This Secure Wipe Operation will delete information in a
way that it cannot be reconstructed.
If enabled, the BIOS will queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices that
are connected to the motherboard on the next reboot.
Default: OFF.
Enables the computer to recover from a bad BIOS image, as long as the Boot
Block portion is intact and functioning.
Default: ON.
NOTE:
BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot
work if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work
in the event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The
recovery image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive.
Displays BIOS events.
Default: Keep.
Displays Thermal events.
Default: Keep.
Displays Power events.
Default: Keep.
Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console
and for Dell operating system Recovery tool.
Default: 2.
Enables or disables the boot flow for SupportAssist operating system Recovery
tool in the even of certain system errors.
Default: ON.
Description
Password that you must enter to log on to your system.
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