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SMART Hard Disk Drive: Your computer comes with a SMART
(Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) hard disk drive that is
enabled to report potential hard drive failures. If the hard drive detects an error, a
DMI-compliant warning message is sent to the computer screen, and, if the
computer is part of a SMART enabled network, to an administrator console. Once
an error is detected, the data on the hard disk drive can be backed up and the drive
replaced.
Virus Protection: Your computer has built-in virus protection that can be enabled
through the Configuration/Setup Utility program. Also, the antivirus program is
loaded on the hard disk drive of computers that have preinstalled software. The
antivirus program is also available on the Ready-to-Configure Utility Program CD.
Enhanced Security
Your computer has a new, enhanced security feature that provides extra protection
for your administrator password, as well as your startup sequence settings. With
enhanced security, your administrator password and startup sequence are stored in
a highly-protected, nonvolatile, security EEPROM module that is separate from
CMOS memory and the EEPROM module that stores system programs. When your
administrator password and security sequence are protected by enhanced security,
they remain intact even if the battery in your computer expires or is removed by
someone.
Enhanced security can be enabled or disabled only when you update system
programs. The procedure for enabling enhanced security is explained under
“Enabling and Disabling Enhanced Security” on page 36.
If enhanced security is enabled and you have not set an administrator password,
your computer will operate as if enhanced security were disabled.
If enhanced security is enabled and you have set an administrator password, your
computer will operate as follows:
� The contents of the security EEPROM (your administrator password and boot
sequence) will be protected from failure of the battery and CMOS memory.
� The security EEPROM will be protected from unauthorized access because it
locks after your computer is turned on and the system programs have
completed their startup routine. Once it is locked, the security EEPROM cannot
be read from or written to by any software application or system software until
the computer is turned off and back on again. In a networking environment,
this might prevent certain functions from being performed remotely on your
computer.
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