Configuration Software and Utilities 61
To Change or Clear your Password
1. Click on your password button.
2. Enter the old password in the first field.
3. Enter the new password in the second field (or leave blank to clear).
4. Confirm the password by entering it again in the second field (or leave blank to clear).
Admin Password Button
The ‘Admin Password’ button allows the user to set or change the administrative password used by
both the SSU and the system BIOS. Note that this option is not available if both an administrative
and a user password are set on the on the system and only the user password has been provided
upon starting the SSU. All changes to the admin password take place immediately.
To Change or Clear the Administrator Password
1. Click on the Administrator password button.
2. Enter the old password in the first field.
3. Enter the new password in the second field (or leave blank to clear).
4. Confirm the password by entering it again in the second field (or leave blank to clear).
User Password Button
The ‘User Password’ button allows the user to set or change the user password used by both the
SSU and the system BIOS. All changes to the user password take place immediately.
To Change or Clear the User Password
1. Click on the User password button.
2. Enter the old password in the first field.
3. Enter the new password in the second field (or leave blank to clear).
4. Confirm the password by entering it again in the second field (or leave blank to clear).
Options Button
The ‘Options’ button allows the user to set or change any of the various security options available
on the system platform. The window created by the ‘Options’ button includes ‘Save’, ‘Close’, and
‘Help’ buttons.
Under this window, you can set the other security options:
• Hot Key—Set a key sequence that, when pressed, will drop the server into secure mode.
• Lockout Timer—Set an interval that, if no activity takes place, it will drop the server into
secure mode.
• Secure Boot Mode—Force the server to boot directly into secure mode.
• Video Blanking—Turn off the video when the server is in secure mode.
• Floppy Write—Control access to the diskette drive while the server is in secure mode.
• Reset/Power Switch Locking—Control the power and reset buttons while the server is in secure
mode.
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