
HardwarePasswordManager,theBIOSwillclearthehardwarepasswordsanddeletethelocalhardware
accountandSST.
Scenario6-Replacethesystemboard
Whenthesystemboardisreplaced,thePOP,SVP,hardwareaccount,andservercredentialsnolongerexist
onthesystem.OnlytheHDPsremainset.Inthiscase,youmustmanuallycleartheHDPintheBIOSsetup,
startthemachine,andre-registerinHardwarePasswordManagerusingtheClientPortal.Inordertoclear
theHDP ,youmustenteritmanually.YoucanobtainitfromtheThinkManagementConsole.
YoumusthavetheHDDIDfortheharddiskinordertolocatethecorrectHDP .TheHDDIDcanberetrieved
usingaLenovo-suppliedHardwarePasswordManagerDOSutility.
Whenasystemboardismovedfromonesystemtoanothersystem,itisassumedthatthesystemboardis
notregisteredinHardwarePasswordManager.YoumustclearordisableHardwarePasswordManager
priortoredeployingthesystemboardintheeld.
•Desktopsystems-Ifthesystemboardwasnotderegistered,youcanremovetheCMOSbatterytoclear
thePOP/SVP,thenenterBIOSsetupanddisableHardwarePasswordManager
•ThinkPad-RemovingtheCMOSbatterywillnotcleartheSVP–youmustobtaintheSVPfromthe
ThinkManagementConsoleinordertoentertheBIOSsetupanddisableHardwarePasswordManager.
Note:Whenreplacingasystemboard,youmustresetthemachinetype/modelandserialnumbertomatch
thecorrectvaluespriortoregisteringinHardwarePasswordManager.
Whenre-registeringtheclientsystemwiththenewsystemboardinthesameHardwarePasswordManager
serverdomain,theserverwillrecognizethatthemachineisalreadyregistered(i.e.machine/user/hdd
instancesandhardwareaccountbackupalreadyexist)andclearallofthestructuresontheserverbefore
proceedingwiththeregistration.
Scenario7-Addaharddiskdrive
WhenaharddiskisaddedtoasystemregisteredinHardwarePasswordManager,youmustrenewthe
hardwareaccountinorderforHardwarePasswordManagertoassignapasswordtothenewharddisk.
RenewHardwareAccountwillrenumbertheharddisksinthemachineandsetpasswordsonalldetected
drives.
IftheharddiskalreadyhasaHDPset,youmustmanuallycleartheHDPbeforerunningRenewHardware
Account.IfyoudonotknowtheHDP ,thentheharddiskcannolongerbeused.
InordertocleartheHDP,youmusthavetheHDDIDandthesystemIDinordertoobtainthecorrectHDP
andSVP .TheHDDIDandmachineIDcanberetrievedusingaLenovosuppliedHardwarePassword
ManagerDOSutility.
Note:TheSVPisnotrequiredtoclearaHDPforThinkPadsystems.
WhenanunprotectedharddiskisaddedtoaHardwarePasswordManagerregisteredsystem,theBIOSwill
detectthattheharddiskisnotprotected.Inthiscase,whenloggingintoWindows,theClientPortalwill
informtheuserthatanunprotecteddevice(HDD)wasfoundandaskthemiftheywanttorenewthehardware.
Scenario8-Replaceormoveaharddiskdrive
IftheharddiskofasystemregisteredwithHardwarePasswordManagerfailsandmustbereplaced,there
arethreepossibilities.
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