Operation Manual

Table3.Securitymenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
Submenuitem
Value
Comments
Passwordat
Unattendedboot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordat
unattendedboot,apasswordpromptis
displayedwhenthecomputeristurnedon,from
eitherapower-offstateorhibernationstate,by
anunattendedeventsuchasaWakeonLAN
attempt.IfyouselectDisabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;thecomputergoesahead
andloadstheoperatingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthentication
ontheoperatingsystem.
PasswordatRestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,
apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyou
restartthecomputer.IfyouselectDisabled,no
passwordpromptisdisplayed;thecomputer
goesaheadandloadstheoperatingsystem.
Topreventunauthorizedaccess,settheuser
authenticationontheoperatingsystem.
PasswordatBoot
DeviceList
•Disabled
•Enabled
IftheSecuritypasswordisset,thisoptionis
usedtospecifywhethertheSecuritypassword
mustbeenteredtodisplaytheF12bootdevice
list.SelectEnabledtopromptfortheSecurity
password.SelectDisabledtoproceedwithout
anyuseractionrequired.
PasswordCount
ExceededError
•Disabled
•Enabled
SelectEnabledtoshowthePOST0199error
andpromptfortheSecuritypassword.Select
DisabledtohidethePOST0199errorand
proceedwithoutanyuseractionrequired.
SetMinimumLength
•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-on
passwordsandharddiskpasswords.Ifyou
setthesupervisorpasswordandspecifya
minimumlengthforpasswords,noonebutyou
canchangethelength.
Power-OnPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Formoreinformation,see“Power-onpassword”
onpage59
.
HardDisk1
Password
•Disabled
•Enabled
HardDiskPasswordpreventsunauthorized
usersfromaccessingthedataonthestorage
drive.Inadditiontotheuserpassword,an
optionalMasterpasswordcanbeusedtogive
accesstoanadministrator.
Tohaveabeepsoundwhenthesystemis
waitingforthispassword,enablethePassword
BeepfeatureintheAlarmsubmenu.
Formoreinformation,see“Harddisk
passwords”onpage61
.
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