IBM eServer 250 xSeries, User Reference Manual

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Chapter 3. Configuring your server
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Administrator password
Select this choice to set an administrator password. The administrator password
provides access to all choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can
set, change, or delete both the administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a
power-on password to be changed by the user.
Attention: If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot be
overridden or removed. You must replace the processor board.
The following table provides a summary of the password features.
Type of password Results
Power-on password • Enter the password to complete the system startup.
• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility
main menu.
Administrator
password • No password is required to start the system.
• Enter the password to access the Configuration/Setup
Utility program.
• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility
main menu.
Administrator and
power-on password • You can enter either password to complete the system
startup.
• The administrator password provides access to all choices
on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set,
change, or delete both the administrator and power-on
passwords, and allow a power-on password to be changed
by the user.
• The power-on password provides access to a limited set of
choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. This
limited access might include changing or deleting the
power-on password.
Table 2. Power-on and administrator password features.