Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- About your system
- Performing initial system configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Navigation keys
- About system setup
- Entering System Setup
- System Setup main screen
- System BIOS screen
- System Information screen
- Memory Settings screen
- Processor Settings screen
- SATA Settings screen
- Boot Settings screen
- Integrated Devices screen
- Serial Communications screen
- System Profile Settings screen
- System Security screen
- Miscellaneous Settings screen
- About Boot Manager
- About Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Changing the boot order
- Choosing the system boot mode
- Assigning a system or setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing an existing system and/or setup password
- Operating with a setup password enabled
- Embedded system management
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Processor core licensing
- Networking configurations
- Installing sled components
- Recommended tools
- Removing the sled
- Installing the sled
- Inside the sled
- Cable cover
- Cooling shroud
- System memory
- Hard drives/SSDs
- Hard drive/SSD to node assignment
- Removing a hard drive/SSD
- Installing a hard drive/SSD
- Shutdown procedure for servicing a hard drive/SSD
- Configuring the boot drive
- Removing a 2.5 inch hard drive/SSD from a hard-drive/SSD carrier
- Installing a 2.5 inch hard drive/SSD in a hard-drive/SSD carrier
- Removing a 1.8 inch SSD from the SSD carrier
- Installing a 1.8 inch SSD in the SSD carrier
- Hard-drive/SSD backplane
- SSD cage assembly
- Easy restore module
- System battery
- System board
- Control panel
- Troubleshooting your system
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Technical specifications
- Getting help
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A message prompts you to reenter the system password.
6. Reenter the system password that you entered earlier and click OK.
7. Select Setup Password, enter your system password and press Enter or Tab.
A message prompts you to re-enter the setup password.
8. Reenter the setup password that you entered earlier and click OK.
9. Press Esc to save the changes.
NOTE: Password protection does not take effect until the system reboots.
Using your system password to secure your system
NOTE: 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 your password and press Enter.
When Password Status is Locked, type the password and press Enter when prompted at reboot.
If an incorrect system password is entered, the system displays a message and prompts you to re-enter your password. You
have three attempts to enter the correct password. After the third unsuccessful attempt, the system displays an error message
that the system has halted and must be powered down.
Even after you shut down and restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is entered.
NOTE:
You can use the Password Status option in conjunction with the System Password and Setup Password
options to protect your system from unauthorized changes.
Deleting or changing an existing system and/or setup
password
Ensure that the Password jumper is set to enabled and the Password Status is Unlocked before attempting to delete or
change the existing System and/or Setup password. You cannot delete or change an existing System or Setup password if the
Password Status is Locked.
To delete or change the existing System and/or Setup password:
1. To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after a power-on or reboot.
2. In the System Setup Main Menu, select System BIOS and press Enter.
The System BIOS screen is displayed.
3. In the System BIOS Screen, select System Security and press Enter.
The System Security screen is displayed.
4. In the System Security screen, verify that Password Status is Unlocked.
5. Select System Password, alter or delete the existing system password and press Enter or Tab.
6. Select Setup Password, alter or delete the existing setup password and press Enter or Tab.
NOTE:
If you change the System and/or Setup password a message prompts you to re-enter the new password. If you
delete the System and/or Setup password, a message prompts you to confirm the deletion.
7. Press Esc to save the changes.
NOTE:
You can disable password security while logging on to the system. To disable the password security, turn on or
reboot your system, type your password and press Ctrl+Enter.
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