Assigning A System Password; Deleting Or Changing An Existing System Password - Dell PowerEdge 4300 User Manual

Your Dell system is shipped to you without the system password feature enabled. If
system security is a concern, you should operate your system only with system
password protection.
You can assign a system password, as described in the next subsection, "Assigning a
System Password," whenever you use the System Setup program. After a system
password is assigned, only those who know the password have full use of the
system.
When System Password is set to Enabled, the computer system prompts you for
the system password just after the system boots.
To change an existing system password, you must know the password (see "Deleting
or Changing an Existing System Password" found later in this section). If you assign
and later forget a system password, you need to be able to remove the computer
cover to change a jumper setting that disables the system password feature (see
"Disabling a Forgotten Password" found later in this chapter). Note that when
you erase the system password, you erase the setup password at the same time.
NOTE: The system password is overridden by the setup password.
Before you can assign a system password, you must enter the System Setup program
and check System Password.
When a system password is assigned, System Password is Enabled. When the sys-
tem password feature is disabled by a jumper setting on the system board, the status
shown is Disabled by Jumper. You cannot change or enter a new system pass-
word if either of these options is displayed .
When no system password is assigned and the password jumper on the system
board is in the enabled position (its default), the status shown for System Password
is Not Enabled. Only when System Password is set to Not Enabled can you assign
a system password , using the following procedure:
1. Verify that Password Status is set to Unlocked.
For instructions on changing the setting for Password Status, see "Password
Status" found earlier in this chapter.
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