8 Configuring password security and
resetting CMOS
This chapter describes how to configure password security and to reset CMOS, and includes these
topics:
Topics
Preparing to configure passwords on page 265
Resetting the password jumper on page 267
Clearing and Resetting the CMOS on page 267
Preparing to configure passwords
The Computer Setup (F10) Utility enables you to create setup and power-on passwords.
There are three possibilities for setting passwords:
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Define a setup password only
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Define a power-on password only
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Define both
When defining a setup password only, you cannot enter the setup utility without the password.
No password is needed to start from power-on.
When defining a power-on password only, the power-on password is needed to enter F10 Setup or to
start from power-on.
When defining both, the setup password is needed to enter F10 setup and can be used to start from
power-on.
The power-on password cannot be used to enter the F10 Setup Utility, but it can be used to start from
power-on.
One of the passwords will be required to start from power on.
After you create both passwords, you can use the setup password in place of the power-on password
as an override to log into the workstation (a useful feature for a network administrator).
NOTE:
You can only clear the passwords with the password jumper. Clearing CMOS does not clear
the passwords.
ENWW
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