System Security Setup

Use the System Security Setup to establish system passwords.

System Security Setup

Parameter

Default Setting

Alternate Setting(s)

Assign Supervisor

Press Enter

 

Password

 

 

Assign User Password

Press Enter

 

Boot Password Required1

No

Yes

Resume Password

No

Yes

Required2

 

 

Assign HDD Password

Press Enter

 

Internal HDD password

Disabled

Enabled

1Option is not available until supervisor password is set up.

2Only active when Boot Password is set to Yes.

!Assign Supervisor Password — Establishes password protection for entering the BIOS Setup utility, booting the system, and resuming from suspend.

!Assign User Password — Establishes a user password once a supervisor password is set. The user password allows the system to boot and resume from Suspend and Save-to-File.

!Boot Password Required — Indicates whether or not a password is required to boot the system.

!Resume Password required — Indicates whether or not a password is required to resume the system. Boot Password must be defined to activate this parameter.

!Assign HDD Password — Allows you to assign a password to allow or restrict access to the hard disk drive contents.

!Internal HDD Password — Enables or disables the HDD password.

3-8 Using the BIOS Setup Utility

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