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Table 5. Security menu items
Menu item
Submenu item
Value
Comments
Hardware Password
Manager
• Disabled
• Enabled
Manage your power-on password, supervisor
password, and your hard disk passwords by the
management server.
Supervisor Password
• Disabled
• Enabled
See “Supervisor password” on page 42.
Lock UEFI BIOS
Settings
• Disabled
• Enabled
Enable or disable the function that protects items
in ThinkPad Setup from being changed by a user
who does not have the supervisor password. By
default, this is set to Disabled. If you set the
supervisor password and enable this function, no
one but you can change any items in ThinkPad
Setup.
Password at
unattended boot
• Disabled
• Enabled
If youselect andenable Password atunattended
boot, a password prompt is displayed when the
computer is turned on, from either a power-off
state or hibernation state, by an unattended event
such as Wake on LAN. If you select Disabled,
no password prompt is displayed; the computer
goes ahead and loads the operating system.
To prevent unauthorized access, set the user
authentication on the operating system.
Password at restart • Disabled
• Enabled
If you select and enable Password at restart,
a password prompt is displayed when you
restart the computer. If you select Disabled, no
password prompt is displayed; the computer
goes ahead and loads the operating system.
To prevent unauthorized access, set the user
authentication on the operating system.
Set Minimum Length
• Disabled
• x characters
(4≤x≤12)
Specify a minimum length for power-on
passwords and hard disk passwords. If you set
the supervisor password and specify a minimum
length for passwords, no one but you can change
the length.
Power-On Password
• Disabled
• Enabled
See “Power-on password” on page 40.
Password
Hard Disk x Password • Disabled
• Enabled
See “Hard disk passwords” on page 40.
Notes:
• Hard Disk 1 means the hard disk drive built
into your computer.
• Hard Disk 2 is displayed on the Password
submenu only if a secondary hard disk drive is
installed in the Serial Ultrabay Enhanced bay.
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