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Security Menu
Note: Enabling the Supervisor Password field requires a
password for entering Setup. The passwords are not case
sensitive.
Table 13: Security Menu
Feature Choices or
Display Only
Description Your Setting
Security Chip
Configuration
Displays the Security Chip
Configuration Submenu.
Supervisor
Password is
Set
Clear
Indicates whether the
supervisor password is set
(display only).
User Password is Set
Clear
Indicates whether the user
password is set (display only).
Set Supervisor
Password
Up to 8
alphanumeric
characters
Press Enter to display the
supervisor password entry
screen. With the supervisor
password, all SETUP menus
are available for access. This
option is available only when
you log into the SETUP utility
with the supervisor password.
Set User Password Up to 8
alphanumeric
characters
Press Enter to display the user
password entry screen. With a
user password, only certain
menus are accessible. This
option is available only if the
Supervisor Password is set.
Password On Boot Disabled
Enabled
Specify whether to request a
password entry at boot-up.
Administrator password setup
is required.
Only available if supervisor
password is set.
Fixed Disk Boot
Sector
Normal
Write Protect
Allows to write protect hard disk
boot sector to protect against
viruses.
Power Switch Inhibit Disabled
Enabled
Enables or disables the power
switch.
When set to Enabled, once the
operating system has started,
you cannot turn off the system
using the power switch. Forced
shutdown is also unavailable.
(
See “Forcing a Power
Shutdown” on page 58.)