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How to setup SecureDoc on my Surface Pro 2017

Preliminary Info:

Processor: Skylake I5 or I7

Memory: 8 or 16GB Memory

Graphics Card - Intel HD Graphic 520 GPU (Standard) however later after Nov 2016, possible to obtain custom GPU variant of Nvidia GeForce 940M

SSD:  Can include 128,256,512 or 1 TB*

*preconfigured with 2x 512GB SSD using software Raid - may work only using Bitlocker feature.

WinMagic recommends using our latest version of 7.5 or higher. This will allow you to take full advantage of core features of the SecureDoc product.

Completing Setup Requirements:
From Within SecureDoc console, go to Profile >> Boot configuration:
  - Within the Boot Configuration window:
  - locate the UFEI Boot Loader Section and select the radio button for PBLU (Linux Pre-boot for UEFI).
    This will also provide additional support for Wireless and Tokens\Smartcards devices

Boot Configuration Settings:

It’s recommended to use PBLU (Linux Pre-boot for UEFI)instead of pbu

Boot Paramaters Settings:
Within the Boot Configuration Window - Click on Advance Options
Enter following boot parameters as recommended requirement:  

-console=null quiet nosmp acpi=off reboot=warm,,efi,force 

Advanced>>Boot Parameters:

Enter the following boot parameters:

-console=null quiet nosmp acpi=off reboot=warm,,efi,force

Installation Package Settings:
You will need to configure your installation package using the 64 bit kernel settings for Pre-Boot Loader Processor Architecture.

Installation Package Settings:

New Installation package will need to be configured with 64 bit kernel settings for Pre-Boot Loader Processor Architecture

Note: At the time of writing this article, touch and wireless is not supported for PBLUx64.  

Also during boot up process, you may see a kernel window screen which is normal behavior for this device.   To suppress the linux kernel output, you can add additional Boot Parameter “ loglevel=0”