Administrator Password; Using The Scsiselect Utility Program; Starting The Scsiselect Utility Program - IBM 866631Y - Netfinity 7100 - 8666 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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v Change the position of the jumper on J48 to bypass the power-on password

Administrator password

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 I/O Legacy board.
The following table provides a summary of the password features.

Using the SCSISelect utility program

SCSISelect is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can
use to:
v View the default SCSI IDs
v Locate and correct configuration conflicts
v Perform a low-level format on a SCSI hard disk
The following sections provide the instructions needed to start the SCSISelect
Utility and descriptions of the menu choices available.
Note: If the server has a RAID adapter installed, use the configuration method

Starting the SCSISelect utility program

To start the SCSISelect utility program:
1. Turn on the server.
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check. You can then start the Configuration/Setup Utility program and change
the power-on password. For the location of J48, see "Processor board jumpers"
on page 42.
Table 6. Power-on and administrator password features
Type of password
Results
v Enter the password to complete the system startup.
Power-on password
v All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility main
menu.
v No password is required to start the system.
Administrator
v Enter the password to access the Configuration/Setup Utility
password
program.
v All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility main
menu.
v You can enter either password to complete the system startup.
Administrator and
v The administrator password provides access to all choices on the
power-on password
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.
v 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.
supplied with the RAID adapter to view or change SCSI settings for
attached devices.

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