Administrator Password; Using The Scsiselect Utility Program - IBM Netfinity 5100 User Reference Manual

Using the SCSISelect utility program

o g r a m l e c t u t i l i t y p r U s i n g t h e S C S I S e
If you want the server to ask for a password when you turn it on, you can
Note:
start the Configuration/Setup Utility program and set the power-on
password.

Administrator password

Select this choice to set an administrator password. The administrator password
provides access to all choices on the Configuration Setup Utility main menu. You can
set, change, or delete both the administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a
power-on password to be changed by the user.
Attention: If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot be
overridden or removed. You must replace the system board.
The following table provides a summary of the password features.
Type of password
Power-on password
Administrator
password
Administrator and
power-on password
Table 2. Power-on and administrator password features
SCSISelect is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can use
to:
• View the default SCSI IDs
• Locate and correct configuration conflicts
• Perform a low-level format on a SCSI hard disk
The following sections provide the instructions needed to start the SCSISelect Utility
and descriptions of the menu choices available.
Note: If your server has a RAID adapter installed, use the configuration method
supplied with the RAID adapter to view or change SCSI settings for devices
attached to the adapter.
Using the SCSISelect utility program
• Enter the password to complete the system startup.
• All choices are available on the Configuration Setup
Utility main menu.
• No password is required to start the system.
• Enter the password to access the Configuration
Setup Utility program.
• All choices are available on the Configuration Setup
Utility main menu.
• You can enter either password to complete the
system startup.
• The administrator password provides access to all
choices on the Configuration Setup Utility main
menu. You can set, change, or delete both the
administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a
power-on password to be changed by the user.
• The power-on password provides access to a limited
set of choices on the Configuration Setup Utility
main menu. This limited access might include
changing or deleting the power-on password.
Results
Chapter 3. Configuring your server
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