Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 70DG - Selecting a Startup Device

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength
•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter
•Notbeyournameoryourusername
•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname
•Besignificantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords
Besidesthealphabeticcharacters(a-z)andnumericcharacters(0-9),theserveralsosupportscharacters
typedusingspecialkeysonthekeyboardforapassword.Refertothehelpmessageonthescreenwhen
settingapasswordtodeterminethevalidspecialcharacters.
Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword
Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.
2.OntheSystemSecuritymenu,selectAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordor
selectUserPasswordtosetauserpassword.
3.See“Passwordconsiderations”onpage58.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreentosetor
changeapassword.
4.Ifyouwanttodeleteapassword,typeyourcurrentpassword.PressEnterwhenyouareprompted
totypeanewpassword.Then,pressEntertoconfirmthenewpassword.Thepreviouspassword
willbecleared.
Note:Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyoualwayssetapasswordforyourserver.
5.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
Ifyouhaveforgottenthepassword,youcanusetheclearpasswordjumperonthesystemboardtoerase
thepassword.See“Systemboardjumpers”onpage47
.Then,setanewpasswordfortheserver.
Selectingastartupdevice
Ifyourserverdoesnotstartupfromadesireddevicesuchasthediscorstoragedriveasexpected,doone
ofthefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant.
Note:Notalldiscs,storagedrives,orotherremovabledevicesarebootable.
•Toselectatemporarystartupdevice,dothefollowing:
Note:Selectingastartupdeviceusingthefollowingmethoddoesnotpermanentlychangethestartup
sequence.
1.Turnonorrestartyourserver.
2.Whenyouseethelogoscreen,pressF11ifyourserverisconnectedtoanetworkandyouwantto
startuptheserverfromthenetwork.Otherwise,pressF11todisplaythebootmenu.Theboot
deviceselectionwindowopens.
3.Inthebootdeviceselectionwindow,usetheupanddownarrowkeysonthekeyboardtoswitch
betweentheselections.PressEntertoselectthedeviceofyourchoice.Then,theserverwillstart
upfromtheselecteddevice.
•Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconfiguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.
2.OntheBootSequencesubmenuundertheBootManagermenu,followtheinstructionsonthe
screentosetthestartupdeviceforBootOption#1toBootOption#5dependingonyourneeds.
Youalsocansetthebootpriorityforvariousdevices.See“BootManagermenu”onpage57
.
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