Deleting or changing appliance and setup password
Prerequisites
NOTE:
You cannot delete or change an existing appliance or setup password if the Password Status is set to Locked.
Steps
1
To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or restarting your appliance.
2
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
>
System Security
.
3
On the
System Security
screen, ensure that
Password Status
is set to
Unlocked
.
4
In the
System Password
field, alter or delete the existing appliance password, and then press Enter or Tab.
5
In the
Setup Password
field, alter or delete the existing setup password, and then press Enter or Tab.
If you change the appliance and setup password, a message prompts you to reenter the new password. If you delete the appliance
and setup password, a message prompts you to confirm the deletion.
6
Press Esc to return to the
System BIOS
screen. Press Esc again, and a message prompts you to save the changes.
Operating with a setup password enabled
If
Setup Password
is set to
Enabled
, type the correct setup password before modifying the appliance setup options.
If you do not type the correct password in three attempts, the appliance displays the following message:
Invalid Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x> System Halted! Must power down.
Even after you turn off and restart the appliance, 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 appliance
password. For more information, see the Appliance Security Settings screen section.
•
You cannot disable or change an existing appliance password.
NOTE:
You can use the password status option with the setup password option to protect the appliance password from
unauthorized changes.
System Information
You can use the
System Information
screen to view appliance properties such as Service Tag, appliance model name, and the BIOS
version.
Viewing System Information
To view the
System Information
screen, perform the following steps:
1
Turn on, or restart your appliance.
2
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the appliance to finish booting, and then
restart your appliance and try again.
3
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
System Information
.
System Information details
The
System Information
screen details are explained as follows:
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