User Password; Supervisor Password; Resetting Passwords - IBM System x3610 User Manual

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the user password has access to only the limited BIOS Setup Utility program

configuration choices; the user can set, change, and delete the user password, if

the system administrator has given the user that authority.

User password

If a user password is set, when you turn on the server, the system startup will not

be completed until you type the user password. You can use any combination of up

to seven characters (A–Z, a–z, and 0–9) for the password.

If you forget the user password, you can regain access to the server in any of the

following ways:

v If a supervisor password is set, type the supervisor password at the password

v Remove the battery from the server and then reinstall it. For instructions for

v While the server is connected to power but is not turned on, press the clear

If a supervisor password is set, you must type the supervisor password for access

to the full BIOS Setup Utility settings. You can use any combination of up to seven

characters (A–Z, a–z, and 0–9) for the password.

If you forget the supervisor password, you can reset it after you press the clear

CMOS button. See "Resetting passwords" for additional information.

If you forget the user or supervisor password, you can press the clear-CMOS switch

(button) on the system board, to clear CMOS memory and bypass the user or

supervisor password check. The clear-CMOS switch is switch 2 (SW2) on the

system board. The switch location is shown in the following illustration.

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prompt (see "Supervisor password"). Start the BIOS Setup Utility program and

reset the user password.

removing the battery, see the Problem Determination and Service Guide on the

IBM System x Documentation CD.

CMOS button on the system board to bypass the user password check. See

"Resetting passwords" for additional information.

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