System And Admin Password - Dell P84FP113G Service Manual

Table 15. System setup options—Maintenance menu (continued)
Maintenance
BIOS Auto-Recovery
Start Data Wipe
Allow BIOS Downgrade
Table 16. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
Power Event Log
BIOS Event Log
Thermal Event Log
Table 17. System setup options—SupportAssist menu
SupportAssist
Dell Auto operating system Recovery
Threshold
SupportAssist operating system Recovery

System and admin password

Table 18. System and admin password
Password type
System password
Admin password
108 System setup
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.
Enables the computer to automatically recover the BIOS without user actions.
This feature requires BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive to be set to Enabled.
Default: OFF.
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.
Controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
Default: ON.
Displays Power events.
Default: Keep.
Displays BIOS events.
Default: Keep.
Displays Thermal 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 computer.
Password that you must enter to enable some security
features in your computer.