Using The Scsiselect Utility Program; Starting The Scsiselect Utility Program - IBM xSeries 220 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Type of password
Power-on password
Administrator
password
Administrator and
power-on password

Using the SCSISelect utility program

Starting the SCSISelect utility program

Select this choice to set an administrator password. The administrator password
provides access to all choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can
set, change, or delete both the administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a
power-on password to be changed by the user.
Attention: If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot be
overridden or removed. You must replace the system board.
The following table provides a summary of the password features.
• Enter the password to complete the system startup.
• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility
main menu.
• No password is required to start the system.
• Enter the password to access the Configuration/Setup Utility
program.
• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility
main menu.
• You can enter either password to complete the system startup.
• The administrator password provides access to all choices on
the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set,
change, or delete both the administrator and power-on
passwords, and allow a power-on password to be changed by
the user.
• The power-on password provides access to a limited set of
choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. This
limited access might include changing or deleting the power-
on password.
Table 7. Power-on and administrator password features.
SCSISelect is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can use
to:
• View the default SCSI IDs
• Locate and correct configuration conflicts
The following sections provide instructions for starting the SCSISelect utility and
descriptions of the menu choices that are available.
Note: If your server has a RAID adapter installed, use the configuration method that
is supplied with the RAID adapter to view or change SCSI settings for devices
attached to the adapter.
Complete the following steps to start the SCSISelect utility program:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the <<< Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect™ Utility! >>> prompt appears,
press Ctrl+A.
3. When the Would you like to configure the host adapter or run the SCSI
disk utility? question appears, make your selection and press Enter.
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Configuring the server