System Security Setup; Establishing System Passwords - NEC Versa LXi Series Service And Reference Manual

System Security Setup

Use the System Security Setup to establish system passwords.
Parameter
Security Mode
Assign Supervisor
Password
Assign User Password
Boot Password Required
Resume Password
Required
Assign HDD Password
Internal HDD password
VersaBay HDD Password
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Security Mode — Allows you to set your security mode.
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Assign Supervisor Password — Establishes password protection for entering the BIOS
Setup utility, booting the system, and resuming from Standby. (Resume from Standby,
not applicable in Windows 98 with ACPI.)
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Assign User Password — Establishes a user password once a supervisor password is set.
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Boot Password Required — Indicates whether or not a password is required during
system boot.
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Resume Password required — Indicates whether or not a password is required during
system resume. Boot Password must be defined to activate this parameter.
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Assign HDD Password — Allows you to assign a password to allow or restrict access to
the hard disk drive contents.
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Internal HDD Password — Enables or disables the HDD password.
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VersaBay HDD password — Enables or disabled the VersaBay III password.

Establishing System Passwords

To establish password protection for entering the BIOS Setup utility or accessing the system at
startup, you must set the supervisor password before setting a user password.
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To enter a password simply select Assign Supervisor Password, enter the password, re-
enter the password to confirm, and press any key to continue. Repeat the procedure to
set the user password.
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To initiate password protection while you step away from your system, simply press
Ctrl
that you must enter a password to resume operation.
2-14 System Configuration and Setup
System Security Setup
Default Setting
Password
Press Enter
Press Enter
No
No
Press Enter
Disabled
Disabled
, . The Caps lock and Scroll lock LEDs alternately flash indicating
Alt, Backspace
Alternate Setting(s)
Yes
Yes
Enabled
Enabled