Chapter 3: Managing and Maintaining Your Server

You can:

■Enter either password to finish starting the server.

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

For information about resetting BIOS passwords, see “Resetting BIOS passwords” on page 161.

To set the BIOS security passwords:

1 Restart your server, then press any key when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The System Options menu opens.

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Select BIOS Setup utility, then press ENTER. The BIOS Setup utility opens.

Select the Security menu.

Select the password to set according to the following table.

Option

Description

 

 

Supervisor password

To control access to system configuration, set a

 

supervisor password. Using a supervisor password lets

 

you make changes to any setting in the BIOS.

 

Passwords can be cleared. To clear the passwords, see

 

“Resetting BIOS passwords” on page 161.

 

 

User password

The supervisor password must be set up before a user

 

password can be set. To control access to the server, set

 

a user password. The supervisor can set the level of

 

access granted to the user password. The user password

 

access levels are:

 

■ No Access. User cannot access the BIOS Setup utility.

 

■ Limited. User can change only the date and time.

 

■ View Only. User can see all settings, but cannot

 

change them.

 

■ Full. User can change every setting except the

 

supervisor password.

 

Passwords can be cleared. To clear the passwords, see

 

“Resetting BIOS passwords” on page 161.

 

 

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Type the password and press ENTER, then type it again and press ENTER.

Save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup utility.

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