Dell Data Protection Security Tools Quick Start Manual

Installation of Dell Data Protection |
Security Tools after point of sale on

Dell Latitude™, Optiplex™ and

Precision Systems

Installation Guide

August 2013

Introduction

Dell Data Protection | Security Tools (DDP | ST) enables local management and provisioning of Dell’s

advanced authentication hardware and self-encrypting drives and provides new policy options to
better secure your Dell endpoints.

Dell Data Protection | Security Tools Compatibility

Dell Data Protection | Access

Dell Data Protection | Access (DDP | A) is not compatible with DDP | ST. As both products manage
your advanced authentication hardware and self-encrypting drives (SEDs), you cannot run both
simultaneously. If you would like to install DDP | ST, you will need to uninstall DDP | A. For a
numbered list use the “Numbered(1)” style.

Dell Data Protection | Encryption 7.2.x

Dell Data Protection | Encryption (DDP | E) version 7.2.x is compatible with DDP | ST, but you will not
realize the full potential of DDP | ST with DDP | E 7.2.x. Dell recommends that you upgrade to DDP | E

8.x to enable full, integrated remote management of your authentication policy within the DDP | E
remote console.

Dell Data Protection | Encryption 8.x

Dell Data Protection | Encryption 8.x was designed to work with and augment the features of DDP | ST.
The DDP | E remote management console provides the ability to remotely manage all of the
authentication policies which can be locally managed within the DDP | ST local console.

Installation of DDP | ST on a Platform with DDP | A

If you attempt to install DDP | ST on a system that has DDP | A installed, you will receive an error
message advising you of the incompatibility with DDP | A. This error message provides basic guidance
for uninstalling DDP | A. Following acknowledgement of this error message, the installation will abort.
More detailed instructions are provided here.

Prior to uninstalling DDP | A, you must deprovision any hardware managed by DDP | A. Note: If using

some encryption products, such as DDP | E 7.2.x or Microsoft Bitlocker™, you will also need to stop or

pause your encryption policy.

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