
Chapter4.HardwarePasswordManagerClient
LenovodevicesthatsupportHardwarePasswordManagerneedtoberegisteredwithamanagementserver
(referredtoastheHardwarePasswordManagerserver).Theprocessofregisteringadevicebeginswiththe
installationofanagentonthedevice.Aftertheusercompletestheinitialregistrationprocessthroughthe
HardwarePasswordManagerClientPortalthedeviceisregistered;oneormoreusersarethenenrolledas
authenticatedusersonthatdevice.WhenHardwarePasswordManagerisinstalled,onlyenrolledusers
(orusersinagroupthatthedeviceisassociatedwith)canlogintothedevice.Accesstothedevice,and
evenaccesstotheharddrive,isrestrictedtoenrolledusers(orusersinthesamegroupasthedevice)as
longasHardwarePasswordManagerisrunning.
TheThinkManagementConsolecoreserveractsastheHardwarePasswordManagerserver,and
managementfeaturesareaccessedthroughtheconsole.Thesefeaturesallowtheadministratortomanage
HardwarePasswordManagerdevices,installagentsonHardwarePasswordManagerBIOS-enabled
devices,andmanageregistrationandenrollmentonthesedevices.
OnaHardwarePasswordManagerdevice,managementfeaturesareaccessedthroughaBIOSmenu
(accessedbeforetheoperatingsystemstarts)andthroughtheClientPortalmenu(accessedautomatically
afterWindowsloginorfromaStartmenuoption).Theadministratorcancustomizethesemenusto
determinewhichfeaturesareavailable.
ThischaptercontainsinformationaboutusingHardwarePasswordManagerdeviceswithLenovoHardware
PasswordManager.ItiswrittenfortheenduserwhowillregisterthedevicewiththeHardwarePassword
Managerserverandenrollasauser.Thisguideincludesthefollowingsections:
•“HardwarePasswordManagerdevicesetup”onpage21
•“RegisteringadevicewiththeHardwarePasswordManagerserverandenrollingtherstuser”onpage21
•“EnrollingadditionalusersonaHardwarePasswordManagerdevice”onpage22
•“RemovingauserfromaHardwarePasswordManagerdevice”onpage23
•“UnregisteringadevicefromtheHardwarePasswordManagerserver”onpage23
•“UpdatingcredentialsonaHardwarePasswordManagerdevice”onpage24
HardwarePasswordManagerdevicesetup
BeforeregisteringadevicewithHardwarePasswordManageryoumustchangesomeofthesettings
intheBIOS:
1.Poweronthecomputer.
2.PressF1toentertheBIOSsetupwindow.
3.SelectPasswordontheSecuritytab.
4.SelectHardwarePasswordManagerandsettoEnabled.
5.PressF10tosaveandexit.
RegisteringadevicewiththeHardwarePasswordManagerserverand
enrollingtherstuser
InordertoregisteradevicewiththeHardwarePasswordManagerserver,theHardwarePasswordManager
clientmusthavebeeninstalledonthedeviceandenabledintheBIOS.ThisisdonebytheThinkManagement
ConsoleadministratorwhoinstallsanagentwiththeHardwarePasswordManagerclientonthedevice.
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