Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 - Setting the System Date and Time; Using Passwords

Settingthesystemdateandtime
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram.
TosetthesystemdateandtimeintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage45.
2.OntheMainmenu,selectSystemTime&Date.
3.UsetheTabkeytoswitchbetweendataelementsandtypethenumbersfromthekeyboardtosetthe
systemdateandtime.
4.PressF10tosavesettingsandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
Usingpasswords
ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.
Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing
security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.
SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtypes
ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:
•Administratorpassword
Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou
areresponsibleformaintainingthecongurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset
anadministratorpassword.Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalid
passwordeachtimeyoutrytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannot
beaccesseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.
•Power-Onpassword
Whenapower-onpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.
Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordandpower-onpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpasswordto
usetheserver.However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanycongurationsettings.
Passwordconsiderations
Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedthatyouuseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.
Notes:
1.TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.
2.TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofupto20characters.
Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:
•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength
•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter
•Notbeyournameoryourusername
•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname
•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords
Besidesthealphabeticcharacters(a-z)andnumericcharacters(0-9),theserveralsosupportscharacters
typedusingspecialkeysonthekeyboardforapassword.Refertothehelpmessageonthescreenwhen
settingapasswordtodeterminethevalidspecialcharacters.
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