TSFA Device and Security Posture Status

TSFA Device and Security Posture Status

Status

The Status refers to the platform state of a device and indicates its onboarding stage. Devices can have one of these statuses:
  1. Active: The device is fully onboarded, provisioned, and actively reporting data.
  2. Pending: This status may occur for one three reasons: 

    1. The UEFI/BIOS on the device requires an update. Please update the UEFI/BIOS to ensure that Thinkshield Fimware Assurance can retrieve the BIOS logs. Your can find your device's BIOS version at https://support.lenovo.com/. Enter your device model or machine type to download the appropriate version.  
    2. A license needs to be assigned to the device.
    3. An issue occurred during onboarding or provisioning. In this case, you must onboard the device again.
  1. Unsupported: The device is not on the list of supported models. Please ensure that only supported devices are onboarded. If an unsupported device is added to the platform, it will not report any data.
  2. Eligible: The device does not have a TSFA license but qualifies for one.

Security Posture Status

The Security Posture Status represents the security health of a device. The possible statuses are:
  1. Healthy: No issues have been detected recently.
  2. Unhealthy: Firmware elements are corrupt.
  3. Suspect: A potential issue has been identified. Check the event log.
  4. Uninitiated: No security-related events have been reported yet.

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