Dell PowerEdge R830 Owners Manual - Page 42

Viewing System Security, System Security Settings details

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Creating a system and setup password on page 43 Using your system password to secure your system on page 44 Deleting or changing system and setup password on page 44 Viewing System Security To view the System Security screen, perform the following steps: Steps 1. Turn on, or restart your system. 2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message: F2 = System Setup NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. 3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4. On the System BIOS screen, click System Security. Related references System Security on page 41 Related tasks System Security Settings details on page 42 System Security Settings details About this task The System Security Settings screen details are explained as follows: Option Description Intel AES-NI Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption by using the Advanced Encryption Standard Instruction Set (AES-NI). This option is set to Enabled by default. System Password Sets the system password. This option is set to Enabled by default and is read-only if the password jumper is not installed in the system. Setup Password Sets the setup password. This option is read-only if the password jumper is not installed in the system. Password Status Locks the system password. This option is set to Unlocked by default. TPM Security NOTE: The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is installed. Enables you to control the reporting mode of the TPM. The TPM Security option is set to Off by default. You can only modify the TPM Status, TPM Activation, and Intel TXT fields if the TPM Status field is set to either On with Pre-boot Measurements or On without Pre-boot Measurements. TPM Information Changes the operational state of the TPM. This option is set to No Change by default. TPM Status Specifies the TPM status. TPM Command CAUTION: Clearing the TPM results in the loss of all keys in the TPM. The loss of TPM keys may affect booting to the operating system. Clears all the contents of the TPM. The TPM Clear option is set to No by default. Intel TXT Enables or disables the Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) option. To enable the Intel TXT option, virtualization technology and TPM Security must be enabled with Pre-boot measurements. This option is set to Off by default. 42 Pre-operating system management applications

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Creating a system and setup password
on page 43
Using your system password to secure your system
on page 44
Deleting or changing system and setup password
on page 44
Viewing System Security
To view the
System Security
screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1.
Turn on, or restart your system.
2.
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3.
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4.
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
System Security
.
Related references
System Security
on page 41
Related tasks
System Security Settings details
on page 42
System Security Settings details
About this task
The
System Security Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Intel AES-NI
Improves the speed of applications by performing encryption and decryption by using the Advanced
Encryption Standard Instruction Set (AES-NI). This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
System
Password
Sets the system password. This option is set to
Enabled
by default and is read-only if the password
jumper is not installed in the system.
Setup Password
Sets the setup password. This option is read-only if the password jumper is not installed in the system.
Password Status
Locks the system password. This option is set to
Unlocked
by default.
TPM Security
NOTE:
The TPM menu is available only when the TPM module is installed.
Enables you to control the reporting mode of the TPM. The
TPM Security
option is set to
Off
by
default. You can only modify the TPM Status, TPM Activation, and Intel TXT fields if the
TPM Status
field is set to either
On with Pre-boot Measurements
or
On without Pre-boot Measurements
.
TPM Information
Changes the operational state of the TPM. This option is set to
No Change
by default.
TPM Status
Specifies the TPM status.
TPM Command
CAUTION:
Clearing the TPM results in the loss of all keys in the TPM. The loss of TPM keys
may affect booting to the operating system.
Clears all the contents of the TPM. The
TPM Clear
option is set to
No
by default.
Intel TXT
Enables or disables the Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) option. To enable the
Intel TXT
option,
virtualization technology and TPM Security must be enabled with Pre-boot measurements. This option is
set to
Off
by default.
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