Users Guide

Using your system password to secure your system

If you have assigned a setup password, the system accepts your setup password as an alternate system

password.

1. Turn on or reboot your system.

2. Type the system password and press Enter.

When Password Status is set to Locked, type the system password and press Enter when prompted at

reboot.

NOTE: If an incorrect system password is typed, the system displays a message and prompts you to

reenter your password. You have three attempts to type the correct password. After the third

unsuccessful attempt, the system displays an error message that the system has stopped

functioning and must be turned off. Even after you turn off and restart the system, the error

message is displayed until the correct password is entered.

Operating with a setup password enabled

If Setup Password is set to Enabled, type the correct setup password before modifying the system setup

options.

If you do not type the correct password in three attempts, the system displays the following message:

Invalid Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x> System Halted!

Must power down.

Password Invalid. Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x> Maximum number

of password attempts exceeded.System halted.

Even after you turn off and restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is

typed. The following options are exceptions:

• If System Password is not set to Enabled and is not locked through the Password Status option, you

can assign a system password. For more information, see the System Security Settings screen section.

• You cannot disable or change an existing system password.

NOTE: You can use the password status option with the setup password option to protect the

system password from unauthorized changes.

Entering the UEFI boot manager

NOTE: Operating systems must be 64-bit UEFI-compatible (for example, Microsoft Windows Server

2008 x64 version) to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems can

only be installed from the BIOS boot mode.

The Boot Manager enables you to:

• Add, delete, and arrange boot options.

• Access System Setup and BIOS-level boot options without restarting.