Passwords - IBM 8835 - Eserver 325 - 1 GB RAM User Manual

v Restore Settings
v Load Default Settings
v Exit Setup

Passwords

From the System Security choice, you can set, change, and delete a user
(power-on) password and a supervisor (administrator) password. The supervisor
password is available only if the optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II is
installed in your server. The System Security choice is on the full
Configuration/Setup menu only.
If you set only a user password, you must type the user password to complete the
system startup, and you have access to the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
A supervisor password is intended to be used by a system administrator; it limits
access to the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu. If you set only a supervisor
password, you do not have to type a password to complete the system startup, but
you must type the supervisor password to access the Configuration/Setup Utility
menu.
If you set a user password for a user and a supervisor password for a system
administrator, you can type either password to complete the system startup. A
system administrator who types the supervisor password has access to the full
Configuration/Setup Utility menu; the system administrator can give the user
authority to set, change, and delete the user password. A user who types the user
password has access to only the limited Configuration/Setup Utility menu; the user
can set, change, and delete the user password, if the system administrator has
given the user that authority.
User password
If a user (power-on) password is set, when you turn on the server, the system
startup will not be completed until you type the power-on password. You can use
any combination of up to seven characters (A–Z, a–z, and 0–9) for the password.
When a user password is set, you can enable the Unattended Start mode, in which
the keyboard and mouse remain locked but the operating system can start. You can
unlock the keyboard and mouse by typing the user password.
When a user password is set, POST is not completed until you type the password.
If you forget the user password, you can regain access to the server in any of the
following ways:
v If a supervisor password is set, type the supervisor password at the password
v Remove the server battery and then reinstall it. See the Option Installation Guide
Select this choice to cancel the changes you have made in the settings and
restore the previous settings.
Select this choice to cancel the changes you have made in the settings and
restore the factory settings.
Select this choice to exit from the Configuration/Setup Utility program. If you have
not saved the changes you have made in the settings, you are asked whether
you want to save the changes or exit without saving them.
prompt (see "Supervisor password" on page 16). Start the Configuration/Setup
Utility program and reset the user password.
on the IBM Eserver Documentation CD for instructions for removing the battery.
Chapter 2. Configuring the server
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