Security Settings - Supermicro 8025C-3R User Manual

Chapter 7: BIOS
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Security Settings

The AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password. If you use both pass-
words, the Supervisor password must be set fi rst.
Change Supervisor Password
Select this option and press <Enter> to access the Submenu, and then type in the
password.
Change User Password
Select this option and press <Enter> to access the Submenu, and then type in the
password.
Clear User Password
This option allows the user to clear a password that has been previously entered
into the system.
Password Check
Set to Setup to allow the system to perform a password check when the BIOS
Setup is invoked. Set to Always to allow the system to perform a password check
when the BIOS Setup is invoked or when the system boots up.
Boot Sector Virus Protection
This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen. Select "Disabled" to
deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection. Select "Enabled" to enable boot sector
protection. When Enabled, the AMIBOIS displays a warning when any program (or
virus) issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the
hard disk drive. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
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