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Table 13: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu
Menu Field
Options
Supervisor
–—
Password is:
User Password is:
–—
Set Supervisor Pass-
[Enter]
word
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
Security Chip
–—
Setting
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 eight 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
Password field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a Super-
visor 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
eight characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no sym-
bols). 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 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 auto-
matic wake up on LAN or Real Time Clock. When enabled, the pass-
word is still required on automatic wake up.
[Disabled]
When [Enabled], this feature locks out PS/2 keyboard and mouse inputs
upon resume until a password is enetered. (This feature only works
when any password is entered before OS boot. When [Disabled], this
feature is disabled.
[All]
Selecting Supervisor Only allows supervisor access only.
[Enabled]
When set to disabled, the BIOS Flash Memory will be write-protected.
–—
Submenu that allows you to configure hard disk security features.
–—
Submenu that allows you to set Owner information.
–—
Submenu that allows you to configure the security chip.
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