Dell POWEREDGE 4300 - System Password; Setup Password

4-8 Dell PowerEdge 4300 Systems User’s Guide
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System Password displays the current status of your system’s password security
feature and allows you to assign and verify a new password. No one can assign a new
password unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright
characters.
The settings for System Password are:
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Not Enabled (the default)
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Enabled
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Disabled by Jumper (jumper removed)
NOTES: Read “Using the System Password Feature” found later in this chapter for
instructions on assigning a system password and using or changing an existing
system password. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this chapter
for instructions on disabling a forgotten system password.
The system password is overridden by the setup password.
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When Setup Password is set to Enabled, Password Status allows you to prevent
the system password from being changed or disabled at system start-up.
To lock the system password, you must first assign a password in Setup Password
and then change Password Status to Locked. In this state, the system password
cannot be changed through System
Password and cannot be disabled at system
start-up by pressing <Ctrl><Enter>.
To unlock the system password, you must enter the setup password in Setup Pass-
word and then change Password Status to Unlocked. In this state, the system
password can be disabled at system start-up by pressing <Ctrl><Enter> and then
changed through System Password.
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Setup Password lets you restrict access to your computer’s System Setup program
in the same way that you restrict access to your system with the system password
feature. The settings are:
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Not Enabled (the default)
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Enabled
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Disabled by Jumper (jumper removed)
NOTES: Read “Using the Setup Password Feature” found later in this chapter for
instructions on assigning a setup password and using or changing an existing setup
password. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in this chapter for
instructions on disabling a forgotten setup password.
The setup password overrides the system password.
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