Summary of Software Security Features

Table 4 lists the software security features and describes what protection each offers. In general, to enable or set the features listed here, you must run the SSU and go to the Security Menu (described in “Security Add-in” on page 116). The table also refers to other SSU menus and to the Setup utility. For more information on setting the security features, see “Security Menu” on page 92, and “Security Add-in” on page 116.

Table 4: Software Security Features

 

 

Feature

Description

Secure boot mode

To enter secure mode:

 

Set and enable a password to automatically put the system into secure

 

mode.

 

If you set a hot-key combination, you can secure the system by pressing

 

the key combination. This means you do not have to wait for the

 

inactivity time-out period. See “Security Menu” on page 92.

 

When the system is in secure mode:

 

The system boots and runs the OS, but does not accept mouse or

 

keyboard input until you enter the user password.

 

At bootup, if the system detects a CD in the CD-ROM drive or a diskette

 

in drive A, it requests a password. When you enter the password, the

 

system boots from CD or diskette and disables secure mode.

 

If you have not installed a CD-ROM drive or if there is no CD in the drive

 

or diskette in drive A, the system boots from drive C and automatically

 

enters secure mode. All enabled secure mode features go into effect at

 

bootup.

 

To leave secure mode:

 

Enter the correct password(s).

 

 

Disable writing to diskette

In secure mode, the system will not boot from or write to a diskette

 

unless a password is entered. To set these features, see “Security

 

Menu” on page 92 and “Security Options” on page 117.

 

 

Disable the power and reset

If you enable this protection feature in the SSU, the system disables the

buttons

power and reset buttons when in secure mode. See “Security Options”

 

on page 117.

 

 

Set a time-out period so that

You can specify and enable an inactivity time-out period of from 1 to

keyboard and mouse input

120 minutes. If no keyboard or mouse action occurs for the specified

are not accepted.

period, keyboard and mouse input is not accepted. To set this feature,

Also, blank screen and inhibit

see “Security Menu” on page 92.

writes to diskette

If video blanking is enabled, the monitor display goes blank until you

 

enter the correct password(s). To set this feature, see “Security Menu”

 

on page 92.

 

 

Control access to the SSU:

To control access to the system configuration, set an administrator

set administrator password

password and enable it through Setup or the SSU.

 

If both the administrator and user passwords are enabled, either can be

 

used to boot the system or enable the keyboard and/or mouse, but only

 

the administrator password allows changes to Setup and the SSU.

 

Once set, passwords can be disabled by setting the password to a null

 

string or by changing the Clear Password jumper. See “Security Add-in”

 

on page 116 to set the password to a null string; or, to change the

 

jumper, see “Password Clear Jumper” on page 75.

 

 

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