Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu

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Table 15: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu

Menu Field	Options		Default	Description


Supervisor	–—		Clear	A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system Supervisor
Password is:				Password is set and Clear when it is not.

User Password is:	–—		Clear	A display-only field. Set is displayed when the general User Password is
				set, and Clear when it is not.

Set Supervisor	[Enter]		[Enter]	Sets, changes or cancels Supervisor Password. The Supervisor Password
Password				may be up to seven characters long and include only letters or numbers
				(no symbols). Passwords are NOT case- sensitive. To cancel a password
				press the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Pass-
				word field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a Supervisor
				Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.

Set User Password	[Enter]		[Enter]	This field can only be accessed if the Supervisor Password is set. Sets,
				changes or cancels the User Password. The User Password may be up to
				seven characters long and must include only letters or numbers (no
				symbols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press
				the Enter key instead of entering characters in the Enter New Password
				field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a User Password is
				set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.

Minimum User	[0]		[0]	Sets the minimum length for User Password.
Password Length:

Password on Boot:	■	Disabled	[Disabled]	When Enabled, a password (User or Supervisor) is required after the
	■	First Boot		Power On Self Test (POST) before the operating system will be read from
	■	Every Boot		a disk. When set to Disabled no password is required. If no Supervisor
				Password is set this feature is not available and no password is required.

KB Lock on	■	Disabled	[Disabled]	When set to Enabled, the PS/2 keyboard and mouse inputs are locked
Resume:	■	Enabled		out upon unattended boot via LAN until the password is entered. When
				both passwords are set, the User password is always used to lock. Pass-
				word entry before OS boot is disabled upon unattended boot.

Boot from	■	All	[All]	Enable password allows supervisor access only.
Removable Media:	■	Supervisor only

Floppy Disk	■	All	[All]	Enable password allows supervisor access only.
Access:	■	Supervisor only

Hard Disk Security:	–—		–—	Configures hard disk security features.

Owner	–—		–—	Sets Owner information.
Information:

Hard Disk Boot	■	Normal	[Normal]	Sets protection mode for hard disk drive.
Sector:	■	Write Protected

Security Panel On	■	Disabled	[Enabled]	Allows the Security Panel Feature to be enabled or disabled upon
Reume	■	Enabled		Suspend from Resume.