Table 32. System setup options—Passwords menu (continued)
Passwords
Enable Master Password Lockout
Table 33. System setup options—Update, Recovery menu
Update, Recovery
UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates
Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive
BIOS Downgrade
Allow BIOS Downgrade
SupportAssist OS Recovery
BIOSConnect
Dell Auto OS Recovery Threshold
Table 34. System setup options—System Management menu
System Management
Service Tag
The Master Password Lockout setting allows you to disable the Recovery Password
feature. If the computer, administrator, or hard drive password is forgotten, the
computer becomes unusable.
NOTE:
When the owner password is set, the Master Password Lockout option is
not available.
NOTE:
When an internal hard drive password is set, it must first be cleared before
Master Password Lockout can be changed.
By default, the Enable Master Password Lockout option is disabled.
Dell does not recommend enabling the Master Password Lockout unless you have
implemented your own password recovery computer.
Enables or disables BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages.
NOTE:
Disabling this option blocks the BIOS updates from services such as
Microsoft Windows Update and Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).
By default, the Enable UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates option is enabled.
Enables or disables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a
recovery file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB key.
By default, the BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive option is enabled.
NOTE:
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive is not available for self-encrypting drives
(SED).
NOTE:
BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot work if
the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work in the event of EC
corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The recovery image must exist on
an unencrypted partition on the drive.
Controls flashing of the computer firmware to previous revisions.
By default, the Allow BIOS Downgrade option is enabled.
Enables or disables the boot flow for SupportAssist OS Recovery tool in the event of
certain computer errors.
By default, the SupportAssist OS Recovery option is enabled.
Enables or disables cloud Service operating system recovery if the main operating
system fails to boot with the number of failures equal to or greater than the value
specified by the Auto operating system Recovery Threshold setup option and local
Service operating system does not boot or is not installed.
By default, the BIOSConnect option is enabled.
Allows you to control the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution
Console and for Dell operating system Recovery Tool.
By default, the Dell Auto OS Recovery Threshold value is set to 2.
Displays the Service Tag of the computer.
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