Deleting or changing appliance and setup password
Prerequisites
NOTE: You cannot delete or change an existing appliance or setup password if the Password Status is set to Locked.
Steps
1 To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or restarting your appliance.
2 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > System Security.
3 On the System Security screen, ensure that Password Status is set to Unlocked.
4 In the System Password field, alter or delete the existing appliance password, and then press Enter or Tab.
5 In the Setup Password field, alter or delete the existing setup password, and then press Enter or Tab.
If you change the appliance and setup password, a message prompts you to reenter the new password. If you delete the appliance
and setup password, a message prompts you to confirm the deletion.
6 Press Esc to return to the System BIOS screen. Press Esc again, and a message prompts you to save the changes.
Operating with a setup password enabled
If Setup Password is set to Enabled, type the correct setup password before modifying the appliance setup options.
If you do not type the correct password in three attempts, the appliance displays the following message:
Invalid Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x> System Halted! Must power down.
Even after you turn off and restart the appliance, the error message is displayed until the correct password is typed. The following options
are exceptions:
• If System Password is not set to Enabled and is not locked through the Password Status option, you can assign a appliance
password. For more information, see the Appliance Security Settings screen section.
• You cannot disable or change an existing appliance password.
NOTE
: You can use the password status option with the setup password option to protect the appliance password from
unauthorized changes.
System Information
You can use the System Information screen to view appliance properties such as Service Tag, appliance model name, and the BIOS
version.
Viewing System Information
To view the System Information screen, perform the following steps:
1 Turn on, or restart your appliance.
2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE
: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the appliance to finish booting, and then
restart your appliance and try again.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click System Information.
System Information details
The System Information screen details are explained as follows:
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