Summary of Software Security Features

The table below 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 Subsystem Group, menu. The table also refers to other SSU menus and to the Setup utility.

Table 3. Software Security Features

Feature

Description

 

 

 

Secure mode

How to enter secure mode:

 

 

∙ Setting and enabling passwords automatically places the system in secure

 

mode.

 

∙ If you set a hot-key combination (through the SSU or Setup), you can secure

 

the system simply by pressing the key combination. This means you do not

 

have to wait for the inactivity time-out period.

 

When the system is in secure mode:

 

The server can boot and run the operating system, but mouse and keyboard

 

input is not accepted until the user password is entered.

 

At boot time, if a CD is detected in the CD-ROM drive or a diskette in drive A, the

 

system prompts for a password. When the password is entered, the server

 

boots from CD or diskette and disables the secure mode.

 

If there is no CD in the CD-ROM drive or diskette in drive A, the server boots

 

from drive C and automatically goes into secure mode. All enabled secure mode

 

features go into effect at boot time.

 

To leave secure mode: Enter the correct password(s).

 

 

 

Disable writing to diskette

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

 

password is entered. To set this feature, use the SSU Security Subsystem

 

Group.

 

To write protect access to diskette whether the server is in secure mode or not,

 

use the Setup main menu, Floppy Options, and specify Floppy Access as

 

read only.

 

 

 

Disable the power and

Enable the feature through the SSU. Then the power and reset buttons are

reset buttons

disabled when the server is in secure mode.

 

 

 

Set a time out period so

Specify and enable an inactivity time out period of from 1 to 120 minutes.

that keyboard and mouse

If no keyboard or mouse action occurs for the specified period, attempted

input are not accepted

keyboard and mouse input will not be accepted.

 

Also, screen can be

The monitor display will go blank, and the diskette drive will be write protected

blanked, and writes to

(if these security features are enabled through Setup or the SSU).

diskette can be inhibited

 

 

 

To resume activity: Enter the correct password(s).

 

 

 

Control access to using

To control access to setting or changing the system configuration, set an

the SSU: set

administrative password and enable it through Setup or the SSU.

administrative password

If both the administrative and user passwords are enabled, either can be used to

 

 

boot the server or enable the keyboard and/or mouse, but only the administrative

 

password will allow Setup and the SSU to be changed.

 

To disable a password, change it to a blank entry or press CTRL-D in the

 

Change Password menu of the Administrative Password Option menu found in

 

the Security Subsystem Group.

 

To clear the password if you cannot access Setup or the SSU, change the Clear

 

Password jumper (see Chapter 5).

 

 

 

 

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