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Table 12: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu
Menu Field
Options
Supervisor
–—
Password is:
User Password is:
–—
Set Supervisor
[Enter]
Password
Set User Password
[Enter]
Minimum User
[0]
Password Length:
■
Password on Boot:
Disabled
■
First Boot
■
Every Boot
■
On Automatic
Disabled
Wake up:
■
Enabled
■
KB Lock on
Disabled
Resume:
■
Enabled
■
Boot from
All
Removable Media:
■
Supervisor only
■
Flash Write:
Disabled
■
Enabled
Hard Disk Security:
–—
Owner
–—
Information:
Default
Description
Clear
A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system Supervisor
Password is set and Clear when it is not.
Clear
A display-only field. Set is displayed when the general User Password is
set, and Clear when it is not.
[Enter]
Sets, changes or cancels Supervisor Password. The Supervisor Password
may be up to seven characters long and include only letters or numbers
(no symbols). Passwords are NOT case- sensitive. To cancel a password
press the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Pass-
word field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a Supervisor
Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.
[Enter]
This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set. Sets,
changes or cancels the User Password. The User Password may be up to
seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no
symbols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press
the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Password
field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a User Password is
set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.
[0]
Sets the minimum length for User Password.
[Disabled]
When Enabled, a password (User or Supervisor) is required after the
Power On Self Test (POST) before the operating system will be read from
a disk. When set to Disabled no password is required. If no Supervisor
Password is set this feature is not available and no password is required.
[Disabled]
This field is active only when Password On Boot is set to First Boot or
Every Boot. When disabled, password entry is not required on automatic
wake up on LAN or Real Time Clock. When enabled, the password is still
required on automatic wake up.
[Disabled]
When set to Enabled, the PS/2 keyboard and mouse inputs are locked
out upon Suspend from Resume or Save-to-Disk mode until the pass-
word is entered. When both passwords are set, the User password is
always used to lock. Password entry before OS boot is disabled upon
unattended boot.
[All]
Enable password allows supervisor access only.
[Enabled]
When disabled, the BIOS Flash memory is write protected.
–—
When selected, opens the Hard Disk Security submenu, which allows you
to configure hard disk security features.
–—
When selected, opens the Owner Information submenu, which allows
you to set Owner information.
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