IBM XSERIES 220 Using the SCSISelect utility program, Starting the SCSISelect utility program

Select this choice to set an administrator password. The administrator password provides access to all choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set, change, or delete both the administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a power-on password to be changed by the user.

Attention: If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot be overridden or removed. You must replace the system board.

The following table provides a summary of the password features.

Type of password		Results
Power-on password		• Enter the password to complete the system startup.
		• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility
		main menu.
Administrator		• No password is required to start the system.
password		• Enter the password to access the Configuration/Setup Utility
		program.
		• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility
		main menu.
Administrator and		• You can enter either password to complete the system startup.
power-on password		• The administrator password provides access to all choices on
		the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set,
		change, or delete both the administrator and power-on
		passwords, and allow a power-on password to be changed by
		the user.
		• The power-on password provides access to a limited set of
		choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. This
		limited access might include changing or deleting the power-
		on password.
	Table 7. Power-on and administrator password features.

Using the SCSISelect utility program

SCSISelect is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can use to:

•View the default SCSI IDs

•Locate and correct configuration conflicts

The following sections provide instructions for starting the SCSISelect utility and descriptions of the menu choices that are available.

Note: If your server has a RAID adapter installed, use the configuration method that is supplied with the RAID adapter to view or change SCSI settings for devices attached to the adapter.

Starting the SCSISelect utility program

Complete the following steps to start the SCSISelect utility program:

1.Turn on the server.

2.When the <<< Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect™ Utility! >>> prompt appears, press Ctrl+A.

3.When the Would you like to configure the host adapter or run the SCSI disk utility? question appears, make your selection and press Enter.

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