Contents; Establishing System Passwords - NEC VERSA LXi Service And Reference Manual

Security Mode — Allows you to choose Password, SmartCard, or FingerPrint security
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mode access.
Assign Supervisor Password — Establishes password protection for entering the BIOS
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Setup utility on the system. Pressing
password is entered.
Assign User Password — Establishes a user password once a supervisor password is set.
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Boot Password Required — Indicates whether or not a password is required during
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system boot.
Resume Password required — Indicates whether or not a password is required during
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system resume. Boot Password must be defined to activate this parameter.
Assign Supervisor SmartCard — Accessible when the optional SmartCard accessory is
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installed. For details, refer to the documentation that ships with the accessory.
Assign User SmartCard — Accessible when the optional SmartCard accessory is
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installed. For details, refer to the documentation that ships with the accessory.
Clear Supervisor SmartCard — Accessible when the optional SmartCard accessory is
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installed. For details, refer to the documentation that ships with the accessory.
Clear User SmartCard — Accessible when the optional SmartCard accessory is
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installed. For details, refer to the documentation that ships with the accessory.
Assign Supervisor FingerPrint — Accessible when the optional FingerPrint accessory is
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installed. For details, refer to the documentation that ships with the accessory.
Assign User FingerPrint — Accessible when the optional FingerPrint accessory is
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installed. For details, refer to the documentation that ships with the accessory.
Clear Supervisor FingerPrint — Accessible when the optional FingerPrint accessory is
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installed. For details, refer to the documentation that ships with the accessory.
Clear User FingerPrint — Accessible when the optional FingerPrint accessory is
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installed. For details, refer to the documentation that ships with the accessory.
Assign HDD Password — Allows you to assign a password to allow or restrict access to
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the hard disk drive contents.
Internal HDD Password — Enables or disables the HDD password.
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VersaBay HDD password — Enables or disabled the VersaBay III password.
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DS Internal HDD Password — Enables or disables the HDD password for the docking
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station's internal hard disk drive.
DS VersaBay HDD password — Enables or disables the docking station's VersaBay III
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password.

Establishing System Passwords

To establish password protection for entering the BIOS Setup utility or accessing the system at
startup, you must set the supervisor password before setting a user password.
To enter a password simply select Assign Supervisor Password, enter the password, re-
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enter the password to confirm, and press any key to continue. Repeat the procedure to
set the user password.
To initiate password protection while you step away from your system, simply press
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,
Ctrl
that you must enter a password to resume operation.
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