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Option Description
Forbidden
Signature Database
Imports, exports, deletes, or restores entries in the Forbidden Signature Database (dbx).
Creating a system and setup password
Prerequisite
Ensure that the password jumper is enabled. The password jumper enables or disables the system password and setup password
features. For more information, see the System board jumper settings section.
NOTE: If thepasswordjumpersettingisdisabled, theexistingsystempasswordandsetuppasswordaredeletedandyou
need not providethesystem passwordto bootthe system.
Steps
1.
Toenter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or rebooting your system.
2.
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
→
System Security
.
3.
On the
System Security
screen, verify that
Password Status
issetto
Unlocked
.
4.
In the
System Password
field, type your system password, andpress Enter or Tab.
Use the following guidelines to assign the system password:
• A password can have up to 32 characters.
• The password can contain the numbers 0 through 9.
• Only the following special characters are allowed: space, (”), (+),(,), (-), (.), (/), (;), ([), (\), (]), (`).
A message prompts you to reenter the system password.
5.
Reenter the system password, and click
OK
.
6.
In the
Setup Password
field, type your setup password andpress Enter or Tab.
A message prompts you to reenter the setup password.
7.
Reenter the setup password, and click
OK
.
8.
Press Esc to return to the System BIOS screen. Press Esc again.
A message prompts you to save the changes.
NOTE: Password protection does not take
effect
until the system reboots.
Related links
System Security
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.
Steps
1.
Turn on or reboot your system.
2.
Type the system password and press Enter.
Next step
When
Password Status
is set to
Locked
, type the system password and press Enter when prompted at reboot.
NOTE: Ifanincorrect system password istyped, the systemdisplaysa message and prompts you toreenter your
password. Youhave 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
restartthesystem, theerrormessageisdisplayeduntilthecorrectpasswordisentered.
Related links
System Security
