Miscellaneous Settings Screen Details - Dell Precision Rack 7910 Owner's Manual

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Menu Item

Description

NMI Button

Enables or disables the NMI button on the front of the system. By default, the NMI

Button option is set to Disabled.

AC Power

Sets how the system reacts after AC power is restored to the system. By default,

Recovery

the AC Power Recovery option is set to Last.

AC Power

Sets how the system supports staggering of power up after AC power is restored to

Recovery Delay

the system. By default, the AC Power Recovery Delay option is set to Immediate.

User Defined Delay

Sets the User Defined Delay when the User Defined option for AC Power Recovery

(60s to 240s)

Delay is selected.

UEFI Variable

Provides varying degrees of securing UEFI variables. When set to Standard (the

Access

default) UEFI variables are accessible in the Operating System per the UEFI

specification. When set to Controlled, selected UEFI variables are protected in the

environment and new UEFI boot entries are forced to be at the end of the current

boot order.

Secure Boot

Enables Secure Boot, where the BIOS authenticates each pre-boot image using the

certificates in the Secure Boot Policy. Secure Boot is disabled by default.

Secure Boot Policy When Secure Boot policy is Standard, the BIOS uses the system manufacturer's key

and certificates to authenticate pre-boot images. When Secure Boot policy is

Custom, the BIOS uses the user-defined key and certificates. Secure Boot policy is

Standard by default.

Secure Boot Policy

Views the list of certificates and hashes that secure boot uses to authenticated

Summary

images.

Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings

Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings is displayed only when Secure Boot Policy is set to Custom.

In the System Setup Main Menu, click System BIOS → System Security → Secure Boot Custom Policy

Settings.

The Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings screen details are explained as follows:

Menu Item

Description

Platform Key

Imports, exports, deletes, or restores the platform key (PK).

Key Exchange Key

Allows you to import, export, delete, or restore entries in the Key Exchange Key

Database

(KEK) Database

Authorized

Imports, exports, deletes, or restores entries in the Authorized Signature Database

Signature

(db).

Database

Forbidden

Imports, exports, deletes, or restores entries in the Forbidden Signature Database

Signature

(dbx).

Database