Passwords - IBM xSeries 236 User Manual

v Load Default Settings
v Exit Setup
Additional Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices
If an IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine is installed, you can view the
following additional menu choices in the Configuration/Setup Utility program:
v System Card Data
v PCI Slot/Device Information
v Administrator Password
v Remote Control Security Settings

Passwords

From the System Security choice, you can set, change, and delete a power-on
password and an administrator password. The System Security choice is on the
full Configuration/Setup menu only.
If you set only a power-on password, you must type the power-on password to
complete the system startup, and you have access to the full Configuration/Setup
Utility menu.
An administrator password is intended to be used by a system administrator; it
limits access to the full Configuration/Setup Utility menu. If you set only an
administrator password, you do not have to type a password to complete the
system startup, but you must type the administrator password to access the
Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
If you set a power-on password for a user and an administrator password for a
system administrator, you can type either password to complete the system startup.
A system administrator who types the administrator password has access to the full
Configuration/Setup Utility menu; the system administrator can give the user
authority to set, change, and delete the power-on password. A user who types the
power-on password has access to only the limited Configuration/Setup Utility menu;
the user can set, change, and delete the power-on password, if the system
administrator has given the user that authority.
Power-on password
If a 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.
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.
Select this choice to display information about the server.
Select this choice to view the properties of adapters in the PCI slots.
Select this choice to set or change the administrator password.
Select this choice to set the remote-control password. You can specify the
number of failed attempts to enter the correct remote-control password and the
duration that must elapse before another attempt is allowed.
Chapter 2. Configuring the server
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