Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Owners Manual - Page 92

Table 34. System setup options-Power menu continued, Table 35. System setup options-Security menu

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Table 34. System setup options-Power menu (continued) Power Default: ON Table 35. System setup options-Security menu Security Intel® Platform Trust Security Intel Platform Trust Security On Select whether Intel® Platform Trust Security is visible to the operating system. Default: ON PPI Bypass for Clear Commands Controls whether the operating system can skip BIOS Physical Presence Interface (PPI) prompts when the Clear command is issued. Default: OFF Clear Clears PPI owner information and returns PTT to the default state. Default: OFF SMM Security Mitigation Enables or displays additional UEFI SMM Security Mitigation protections. Default: OFF Data Wipe on Next Boot Start Data Wipe Enables the BIOS to queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices during next reboot. Default: OFF Absolute® Enables, disables, or permanently disables the BIOS module interface of the optional Absolute Persistence Module service from Absolute Software. Default: Enable Absolute UEFI Boot Path Security Selects whether or not administrator password is required when booting to a UEFI boot path device from the F12 boot menu. Default: Always Except Internal HDD Table 36. System setup options-Passwords menu Passwords Admin Password System Password M.2 PCIe SSD-0 Password Configuration Upper Case Letter Enables the user to set, change, or delete the administrator (admin) password. The admin password enables several security features Enables the user to set, change, or delete the system password. Enables the user to set, change, or delete the password for the internal storage. Forces the password to have at least one uppercase letter. Default: OFF Lower Case Letter Forces the password to have at least one lowercase letter. Default: OFF Digit Forces the password to have at least one digit number. Default: OFF Special Character Forces the password to have at least one special character. Default: OFF 92 BIOS Setup

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Table 34. System setup options—Power menu (continued)
Power
Default: ON
Table 35. System setup options—Security menu 
Security
Intel® Platform Trust Security
Intel Platform Trust Security On
Select whether Intel® Platform Trust Security is visible to the operating
system.
Default: ON
PPI Bypass for Clear Commands
Controls whether the operating system can skip BIOS Physical Presence
Interface (PPI) prompts when the Clear command is issued.
Default: OFF
Clear
Clears PPI owner information and returns PTT to the default state.
Default: OFF
SMM Security Mitigation
Enables or displays additional UEFI SMM Security Mitigation protections.
Default: OFF
Data Wipe on Next Boot
Start Data Wipe
Enables the BIOS to queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices during next
reboot.
Default: OFF
Absolute®
Enables, disables, or permanently disables the BIOS module interface of the
optional Absolute Persistence Module service from Absolute Software.
Default: Enable Absolute
UEFI Boot Path Security
Selects whether or not administrator password is required when booting to a
UEFI boot path device from the F12 boot menu.
Default: Always Except Internal HDD
Table 36. System setup options—Passwords menu 
Passwords
Admin Password
Enables the user to set, change, or delete the administrator (admin) password.
The admin password enables several security features
System Password
Enables the user to set, change, or delete the system password.
M.2 PCIe SSD-0
Enables the user to set, change, or delete the password for the internal
storage.
Password Configuration
Upper Case Letter
Forces the password to have at least one uppercase letter.
Default: OFF
Lower Case Letter
Forces the password to have at least one lowercase letter.
Default: OFF
Digit
Forces the password to have at least one digit number.
Default: OFF
Special Character
Forces the password to have at least one special character.
Default: OFF
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