Gateway 960 manual System administration, ManageX Event Manager, Server security

Chapter 3: Maintaining Your Server

System administration

ManageX Event Manager

ManageX lets you manage multiple computers on a Windows 2000 Server or Novell Netware network from a single window, then implement commands and policies across the network with a single action. With ManageX you can run system management tasks which are triggered by certain events or conditions.

You can find additional documentation for ManageX Event Manager on the Server Companion CD and the ManageX Event Manager CD.

Server security

To prevent unauthorized use of the server, you can set BIOS startup passwords. To monitor unauthorized access to server components, you can view the event log.

Using BIOS security passwords

After you set up passwords, you must enter the correct password to start the server and the BIOS Setup utility. Set up a supervisor password to prevent unauthorized access to the BIOS Setup utility. After you create a supervisor password, you can set up a user password to prevent unauthorized access to the server.

■Enter either password to finish starting the server.

■Enter the supervisor password for access to the BIOS Setup utility.

For information about resetting BIOS passwords, see “Resetting BIOS passwords” on page 91.

To set the BIOS security passwords:

1 Restart your server, then press F2 when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The BIOS Setup utility opens.

2 Select the Security menu.

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