Owners Manual
Jumpers and connectors
This topic provides specic information about the jumpers. It also provides some basic information about jumpers and switches and
describes the connectors on the various boards in the system. Jumpers on the system board help to disable the system and setup
passwords. You must know the connectors on the system board to install components and cables correctly.
Topics:
• System board jumper settings
• System board jumpers and connectors
• Disabling forgotten password
System board jumper settings
For information on resetting the password jumper to disable a password, see the Disabling a forgotten password section.
Table 42. System board jumper settings
Jumper Setting Description
PWRD_EN The BIOS password feature is enabled.
The BIOS password feature is disabled. iDRAC local access is
unlocked at next AC power cycle. iDRAC password reset is enabled
in F2 iDRAC settings menu.
NVRAM_CLR The BIOS conguration settings are retained at system boot.
The BIOS conguration settings are cleared at system boot.
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