Enabling The System Maintenance Password - Silicon Graphics OCTANE2 Owner's Manual

Enabling the System Maintenance Password

After you power on your workstation, you can choose another system maintenance
password.
1. Power on your workstation, if it is turned off.
2. Choose Toolchest > Help > InfoSearch > Online Books > SGI End User > Personal
System Administration Guide and select "Creating, Changing and Deleting
Passwords" in Chapter 5.
3. Follow the instructions for creating or changing a password, then return to this page
for instructions on moving the jumper.
4. Go to "Preparing the Workstation" on page 32 and follow the instructions through
"Removing the System Module."
After you remove the system module, return to this page for instructions on
enabling the password.
The jumper is a small plastic cap that resides near the CPU. The jumper is on
Note:
the left side of the 3-pin configuration because the password was disabled by moving
the jumper to the left. To enable the password, you must move the jumper to the
right. Go to the next step for instructions on moving the jumper to the right.
5. Locate the white rectangle printed on the system board at the base of the jumper, as
shown in Figure 8-11.
The rectangle has "Disable passwd" beside it.
The white rectangle surrounds the jumper and one pin to the left of the jumper. The
jumper is now disabled, and sits on the left and middle pins.
6. Pull up on the jumper and remove it.
7. Place the jumper on the middle and right pins (within the rectangle).
The password is now enabled.
You are ready to replace the system module.
Go to "Reinstalling the System Module" on page 53 and follow the instructions
through "Powering On the Octane2 Workstation" on page 58.

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