Table 15. User security details (continued)
• Passwords are not the same
Press Enter to Continue
• Incorrect Password
Press Enter to Continue
• Passwords operation have unknown problem.
Press Enter to Continue
When IPMI command has no response then pop out this
message.
Clear Administrator Password N/A Clear the Administrator password.
Clicking the button, pop-up message box will show up.
• An existing Administrative Password will be deleted
<ENTER> Continue. <ESC> Return to Setup Utility
• Administrative Password has been cleared
successfully
Press Enter to Continue
• Administrative Password is not set
Press Enter to Continue
Password Rule and Policy
Item
Options
Function
Minimum password length 8~20 Input a value from 8 to 20. The minimum number of
characters that can be used to specify a valid password.
Password expiration period 0~365 Input a value from 0 to 365. The number of days a
password may be used before it must be changed. If set
to 0 the passwords never expire.
Password expiration warning
period
0~365 Input a value from 0 to 365. The number of days before
receiving a warning about the expiration of the password.
If set to 0 the passwords never warned.
Minimum password change
interval
0~240 Input a value from 0 to 240. The number of hours that
must elapse before changing a password. The value
specified for this setting cannot exceed the value
specified for the “Password expiration period”. If set to 0
the passwords may be changed immediately.
Minimum password reuse
cycle
0~10
Input a value from 0 to 10. The minimum number of times
a unique password must be set before reusing a previous
password. If set to 0 the passwords may be reused
immediately.
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