NEC Versa LXi Series, Service And Reference Manual

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2-14 System Configuration and Setup
System Security Setup
Use the System Security Setup to establish system passwords.
System Security Setup
Parameter Default Setting Alternate Setting(s)
Security Mode Password
Assign Supervisor
Password Press Enter
Assign User Password Press Enter
Boot Password Required No Yes
Resume Password
Required No Yes
Assign HDD Password Press Enter
Internal HDD password Disabled Enabled
VersaBay HDD Password Disabled Enabled
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Security Mode — Allows you to set your security mode.
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Assign Supervisor Password — Establishes password protection for entering the BIOS
Setup utility, booting the system, and resuming from Standby. (Resume from Standby,
not applicable in Windows 98 with ACPI.)
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Assign User Password — Establishes a user password once a supervisor password is set.
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Boot Password Required — Indicates whether or not a password is required during
system boot.
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Resume Password required — Indicates whether or not a password is required during
system resume. Boot Password must be defined to activate this parameter.
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Assign HDD Password — Allows you to assign a password to allow or restrict access to
the hard disk drive contents.
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Internal HDD Password — Enables or disables the HDD password.
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VersaBay HDD password — Enables or disabled the VersaBay III password.
Establishing System Passwords
To establish password protection for entering the BIOS Setup utility or accessing the system at
startup, you must set the supervisor password before setting a user password.
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To enter a password simply select Assign Supervisor Password, enter the password, re-
enter the password to confirm, and press any key to continue. Repeat the procedure to
set the user password.
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To initiate password protection while you step away from your system, simply press
Ctrl , Alt, Backspace . The Caps lock and Scroll lock LEDs alternately flash indicating
that you must enter a password to resume operation.