STL2 Server Board TPS

 

Basic Input Output System (BIOS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature

Choices or

Description

User

 

 

Display Only

 

Setting

 

Keyboard Auto-repeat Rate

2/sec

Selects key repeat rate.

 

 

 

6/sec

 

 

 

 

10/sec

 

 

 

 

13.3/sec

 

 

 

 

18.5/sec

 

 

 

 

21.8/sec

 

 

 

 

26.7/sec

 

 

 

 

30/sec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard Auto-repeat Delay

0.25 sec

Selects delay before key repeat.

 

 

 

0.5 sec

 

 

 

 

0.75 sec

 

 

 

 

1 sec

 

 

4.2.2.6Security Menu Selections

Table 4-11. Security Menu Selections

Feature

Choices or

Description

User Setting

 

Display Only

 

 

Supervisor Password is

Clear

(Display only). Once set, this can be disabled by

 

 

 

setting it to a null string, or by clearing password

 

 

 

jumper on system board.

 

 

 

 

 

User Password is

Clear

(Display only). Once set, this can be disabled by

 

 

 

setting it to a null string, or by clearing password

 

 

 

jumper on system board

 

 

 

 

 

Set Supervisor Password

Press Enter

Supervisor password controls access to the

 

 

 

setup utility.

 

 

 

When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is

 

 

 

prompted for a password; press ESC key to

 

 

 

abort. Once set, this can be disabled by setting it

 

 

 

to a null string, or by clearing password jumper

 

 

 

on system board.

 

Set User Password

Press Enter

When the <Enter> key is pressed, the user is

 

 

 

prompted for a password; press ESC key to

 

 

 

abort. Once set, this can be disabled by setting it

 

 

 

to a null string, or by clearing password jumper

 

 

 

on system board.

 

Password on Boot

Disabled

Disables or enables password entry on boot.

 

 

Enabled

 

 

Fixed Disk Boot Sector

Normal

Write protects boot sector on hard disk.

 

 

Write Protect

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diskette Access

User

Controls access to diskette drives.

 

 

Supervisor

 

 

Secure Mode

 

See Secure Mode Submenu. Submenu can only

 

 

 

be entered if supervisor and user password is

 

 

 

set.

 

 

 

 

 

Power Switch Mask

Masked

Determines whether power switch will function

 

 

Unmasked

from front panel

 

Option ROM Menu Mask

Unmasked

Determines whether on-board SCSI Option ROM

 

 

Masked

will allow the user to enter adapter configuration

 

 

 

with <CTRL>-A

 

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STL2 specifications

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