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Table 4. Software Security Features (continued)
Feature Description
Set a time out period Specify and enable an inactivity time out period of from 1 to 120 minutes.
so that keyboard and
mouse input are not If no keyboard or mouse action occurs for the specified period, attempted keyboard
accepted and mouse input will not be accepted.
Also, screen can be The monitor display will go blank, and the diskette drive will be write
blanked, and writes protected (if these security features are enabled through Setup).
to diskette can be
inhibited To resume activity: Enter the correct password(s).
Control access to To control access to setting or changing the system configuration, set a supervisor
using the SSU: password and enable it through Setup.
set supervisor If both the supervisor and user passwords are enabled, either can be used to boot
password the server or enable the keyboard and/or mouse, but only the supervisor password
will allow Setup to be changed.
To disable a password, change it to a blank entry or press CTRL-D in the Change
Password menu of the Supervisor Password Option menu found in the Security
Subsystem Group.
To clear the password if you cannot access Setup, change the Clear Password
jumper (see Chapter 5).
Control access To control access to using the system, set a user password and enable it through
to the system other Setup. To disable a password, change it to a blank entry or press CTRL-D in the
than SSU: Change Password menu of the User Password Option menu found in the
set user password Security Subsystem Group.
To clear the password if you cannot access Setup, change the Clear Password jumper
(see Chapter 5).
Boot without keyboard The system can boot with or without a keyboard. During POST, before the system
completes the boot sequence, the BIOS automatically detects and tests the key-
board if it is present and displays a message.
Specify the boot The sequence that you specify in setup will determine the boot order. If secure
sequence mode is enabled (a user password is set), then you will be prompted for a pass word
before the server fully boots. If secure mode is enabled and the “Secure Boot Mode”
option is also enabled, the server will fully boot but will require a password before
accepting any keyboard or mouse input.