Lindy 32353, 32354 CreateanADMIN, Changes.Ifyouar, Hotkeysseesection4.8 byusingtheLINDYCPUSwitchs

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3..1ConfiguringConfigurationsummarytheLINDYCPUSwitchDualMP

TheLINDYCPUSwitchisconiguredusing

-screen

enusystemwhichis

edbydefultwhenyoufirst

poweronthesystem.Itmay

beaccessedby

configurationprocess.Formoreadvancedinformationon

oftheconfiguration

activafr panelkeys(seesection4.6).Thefollowingsteps

alsotypical

usi

thekeyborda

'hotkeys'(seesection4.8) byusingtheLINDYCPUSwitch's

stepspleaserefertotheappropriatesectionsofthismanualsummariseeachowninbrackets.

Note:TheLINDYCPUSwtchisconfigur

viatheADMINuseraccount.TheLINDY

willonlyallowone

fthesemultiple

rstobeaddingoreditingcomputernamesoruser

CPUSwitchwillallw

erstobelogged

udertheADMINaccuntbut

profilesorsettingglobalandsetupoptionsatanyonetime.

Step1-Decideifyouaregoingtousepasswordsecurity

TheLINDYCPUSwichmayberunwithsecurity

nabledordisabled.Withsecurity

disabled,alluserportshavefull

toallofthecomptersandfull

.TheLINDYCPUSwitchisshippedtoyouwithsec

ritydisabled.administrationThismode

uitableforsimple

withaccesssmall

mberofusers.Largerinsallationsor

rightsytemswith

numbersofuserswillrequire

seuritytobeenabled.In

thi

mode,

uerinstallationslogs

thesystemandispasswordallocateacessrightstodefined

eachbylargerystemadministrator.Thismodeisrecommendedformost

computersecuritythegotostep4.

ystems(seesection3.2fordetailsonhowtoenablesecurity).Ifyouarenotusing

Step2-CreateanADMIN

accountpassword

ADMIN.Thisus

accountis(administration)the lyonethatisabletomakeimportantsystem

TheLINDYCPUSwitchhas

fixeduseraccountthatcannotbedeleted,named

changes.Ifyouar

goingtobeusingsecuritythenyoushouldallocateapasswordto

thisaccount(seesection3.3forinstructions).

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