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Smart Card Security for ProtectTools Smart card BIOS security mode When enabled, smart card BIOS security mode requires you to use a smart card to start the computer. The process of enabling smart card BIOS security mode involves the following steps: 1. Enable Smart Card Power-on Authentication Support in BIOS Configuration. Refer to "Enabling and disabling Smart card or Java Card power-on authentication support," in Chapter 5, "BIOS Configuration for ProtectTools." ✎ Enabling this setting allows you to use a smart card for power-on authentication. The smart card BIOS security mode features are unavailable until you enable smart card power-on authentication support. 2. Enable smart card BIOS security mode in Smart Card Security. Refer to "Enabling smart card BIOS security mode and setting the smart card administrator password," later in this chapter. 3. Set the smart card administrator password. ✎ The smart card administrator password is set as part of the process of enabling smart card BIOS security mode. The smart card administrator password is not the same as the Computer Setup setup password. The smart card administrator password links the smart card to the computer for identification purposes, and also allows you to do the following: ■ Access Computer Setup or the contents of the computer. ■ Create new administrator and user smart cards. ■ Create a recovery file to restore either a user or administrator smart card. Reference Guide 2-3

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Smart Card Security for ProtectTools
Reference Guide
2–3
Smart card BIOS security mode
When enabled, smart card BIOS security mode requires you to
use a smart card to start the computer.
The process of enabling smart card BIOS security mode involves
the following steps:
1. Enable Smart Card Power-on Authentication Support in
BIOS Configuration. Refer to “
Enabling and disabling Smart
card or Java Card power-on authentication support
,” in
Chapter 5, “
BIOS Configuration for ProtectTools
.”
✎
Enabling this setting allows you to use a smart card for
power-on authentication. The smart card BIOS security
mode features are unavailable until you enable smart card
power-on authentication support.
2. Enable smart card BIOS security mode in Smart Card
Security. Refer to “
Enabling smart card BIOS security mode
and setting the smart card administrator password
,” later in
this chapter.
3. Set the smart card administrator password.
✎
The smart card administrator password is set as part of the
process of enabling smart card BIOS security mode.
The smart card administrator password is not the same as the
Computer Setup setup password. The smart card administrator
password links the smart card to the computer for identification
purposes, and also allows you to do the following:
■
Access Computer Setup or the contents of the computer.
■
Create new administrator and user smart cards.
■
Create a recovery file to restore either a user or administrator
smart card.