IBM eServer xSeries 135, 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 system board.
The following table provides a summary of the password features.
Using the SCSISelect Utility program
SCSISelect is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can use
to:
• View the default SCSI IDs
• Locate and correct configuration conflicts
• Perform a low-level format on a SCSI hard disk
The following sections provide the instructions needed to start the SCSISelect Utility
and descriptions of the available menu choices.
Starting the SCSISelect utility program
To start the SCSISelect utility program:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the
<<< Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect™ Utility! >>>
prompt appears,
press Ctrl+A.
Table 2. Power-on and administrator password features
Type of password Results
Power-on password • Type the password to complete the system startup.
• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility
program main menu.
Administrator
password • No password is required to start the system.
• Type the password to access the Configuration/Setup Utility
program.
• All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility
program main menu.
Administrator and
power-on password • You can type either password to complete the system startup.
• The administrator password provides access to all choices on
the Configuration/Setup Utility program 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 program main
menu. This limited access might include changing or deleting
the power-on password.