Passwordconsiderations
Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto7(1to7)alphabeticandnumericcharacters.Forsecurity
reasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.Tosetastrong
password,usethefollowingguidelines:
Note:TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.
•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter
•Notbeyournameoryourusername
•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname
•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords
Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapassword.
Toset,change,ordeleteapassword,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage144.
2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectSecurity➙SetAdministratorPasswordorSecurity
➙SetUserPassword.Forinformationabouttheadministratorpasswordanduserpassword,seeTable
27“ItemsundertheSecuritymenu”onpage148.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoset,change,ordeleteapassword.
Note:Apasswordcanbeanycombinationofupto7(1to7)alphabeticandnumericcharacters.For
moreinformation,see“Passwordconsiderations”onpage150.
RAIDcontrollers
ThefollowingtableliststhevariousutilitiesavailabletocongureRAIDcontrollersbeforeanoperating
systemisinstalled.
Table30.RAIDutilities
RAIDcongurationutilityDescriptionLocation
Wheretondmore
information
EasyStartupRAID
congurationutility
•Forusewithall
factory-supportedRAID
controllers
•Automaticallydetects
hardwareandlists
allsupportedRAID
congurations
•Conguresonedisk
arraypercontroller
usingalldrivescurrently
attachedtothecontroller
•CreatedaRAIDresponse
lethatcanbeused
tocongureRAID
controllersonsimilarly
EasyStartupDVD“UsingtheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogram”on
page151
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