Lenovo ThinkPad T420 (English) User Guide - Page 205

Security menu items, Enabled, Intel AMT, VT100, Menu item, Selection, Comments, Password, External

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Table 8. Config menu items (continued) Intel AMT Intel AMT Control • Disabled • Enabled CIRA Timeout 0-255 Console Type • PC-ANSI • VT100+ • VT-UTF8 Security menu items Table 9. Security menu items Menu item Submenu item Password Selection Fingerprint Predesktop Authentication • Disabled • Enabled Reader Priority • External ➙ Internal • Internal Only Security Mode • Normal • High If you select "Enabled", Intel AMT (Active Management Technology) is configured and additional setup items are provided in MEBx (Management Engine BIOS Extension) Setup. Note: You can enter MEBx Setup menu by pressing Ctrl-P key combination in Startup Interrupt Menu. To display the Startup Interrupt Menu, press ThinkVantage button or Enter key during POST. Set timeout option for CIRA connection to be established. 1 though 254 seconds are selectable. If you select "0", use 60 seconds as default timeout value. If you select "255", waiting time for establishing a connection is unlimited. Select the console type for AMT. Note: This console type should match the Intel AMT remote console. Comments Refer to "Security menu" on page 178 and "Using passwords" on page 89. Enable or disable fingerprint authentication before the operating system is loaded. If External ➙ Internal is selected, an external fingerprint reader is used if attached. Otherwise, an internal fingerprint reader is used. If Internal Only is selected, an internal fingerprint reader is used. If fingerprint authentication fails, you can still start the computer by entering Chapter 8. Advanced configuration 187

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Table 8. Config menu items (continued)
Intel AMT Control
Disabled
Enabled
If you select “Enabled”, Intel
AMT (Active Management
Technology) is configured
and additional setup items
are provided in MEBx
(Management Engine BIOS
Extension) Setup.
Note:
You can enter MEBx
Setup menu by pressing
Ctrl-P key combination in
Startup Interrupt Menu. To
display the Startup Interrupt
Menu, press ThinkVantage
button or Enter key during
POST.
CIRA Timeout
0
-255
Set timeout option for
CIRA connection to be
established. 1 though 254
seconds are selectable.
If you select “0”, use 60
seconds as default timeout
value.
If you select “255”, waiting
time for establishing a
connection is unlimited.
Intel AMT
Console Type
PC-ANSI
VT100+
VT-UTF8
Select the console type for
AMT.
Note:
This console type
should match the Intel AMT
remote console.
Security menu items
Table 9. Security menu items
Menu item
Submenu item
Selection
Comments
Password
Refer to “Security menu”
on page 178 and “Using
passwords” on page 89.
Predesktop Authentication
Disabled
Enabled
Enable or disable fingerprint
authentication before the
operating system is loaded.
Reader Priority
External
Internal
Internal Only
If
External
Internal
is selected, an external
fingerprint reader is used
if attached. Otherwise, an
internal fingerprint reader
is used. If Internal Only
is selected, an internal
fingerprint reader is used.
Security Mode
Normal
High
If fingerprint authentication
fails, you can still start
the computer by entering
Fingerprint
Chapter 8
.
Advanced configuration
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