Using the BIOS Setup Program
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The menu shown in Table 20 is used to set passwords and security features.
Table 20. Security Menu
If no password entered previously:
Feature Options Description
Supervisor Password Is
No options
Reports if there is a supervisor password set.
User Password Is
No options
Reports if there is a user password set.
Set Supervisor Password
Password can be up to seven
alphanumeric characters.
Specifies the supervisor password.
Set User Password
Password can be up to seven
alphanumeric characters.
Specifies the user password.
Clear User Password
(Note 1)
•
Yes (default)
•
No
Clears the user password.
User access Level
(Note 2)
•
Limited
•
No access
•
View Only
•
Full (default)
Sets BIOS Setup Utility access rights for
user level.
Notes:
1.
This feature appears only if a user password has been set.
2.
This feature appears only if both a user password and a supervisor password have been set.