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Table 5. System setup options—Advanced menu(continued)
Advanced
SmartShift
Maintenance
Data Wipe on next boot
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive
BIOS Auto-Recovery
SupportAssist System Resolution
Auto OS Recovery Threshold
SupportAssist OS Recovery
Table 6. System setup options—Security menu
Security
Admin Password Status
System Password Status
Asset Tag
Admin Password
System Password
Password Change
Computrace
SED Block SID Authentication
PPI Bypass for SED Block SID Command
Firmware TPM
Enable or disable the Smartshift.
Default: Enabled
Enables or disables data wipe on the next boot.
Default: Disabled
Enables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS
conditions from a recovery file on the user primary hard drive or
an external USB key.
Enables BIOS to automatically recover BIOS without user actions.
Default: Disabled
Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System
Resolution Console and for the Dell OS Recovery tool.
Default: 2
Enables or disables the boot flow for the SupportAssist OS
Recovery tool in the even of certain system errors.
Default: Disabled
Displays if the administrator password is clear or set.
Displays if the system password is clear or set.
Default: Not Set
Set your system's Asset Tag.
Allows you to set the administrator password. The administrator
password controls access to the system setup utility.
Allows you to set the system password. The system password
controls access to the computer at boot.
Allows you to permit or deny system password or HDD
password changes.
Default: Permitted
Enables or disables the BIOS module interface of the optional
Computrace Service from Absolute Software.
Default: Deactivate
Enables or disables SED Block SID Authentication.
Default: Disabled
When there is no drive ownership and the ppibypassforblocksid
is enabled, BIOS requires user input while sending the Block SID
authentication command to SED drives. When
ppibypassforblocksid is disabled, BIOS does not require user
input while sending the Block SID command.
Default: Disabled
Enable or disable the firmware TPM.
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