Exiting from the security menu – Fujitsu Siemens Computers P7230 User Manual

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Exiting from the Security Menu

When you have finished setting the parameters on the Security Menu, you can either exit from setup utility or move to
another menu. If you wish to exit from setup utility, press the [

Esc

] key to go to the Exit Menu. If you wish to move to

another menu, use the cursor keys.

Table 12: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Security Menu

Menu Field

Options

Default

Description

Supervisor
Password is:

–—

Clear

A display-only field. Set is displayed when the system supervisor password
is set and Clear when it is not.

User Password is:

–—

Clear

A display-only field. Set is displayed when the general user password is
set, and Clear when it is not.

Set Supervisor
Password

–—

[Enter]

Sets, changes or cancels the Supervisor Password. The Supervisor Pass-
word may be up to seven characters long and must include only letters or
numbers (no symbols). Passwords are NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a
password press the

Enter

key instead of entering characters in the Enter

New Password field and in the Re-enter New Password field. When a
Supervisor Password is set it must be used to access the BIOS setup utility.

Set User Password

–—

[Enter]

Can only be accessed if Supervisor Password is set. Sets, changes or can-
cels User Password. User Password may be up to seven characters long
and must include only letters or numbers (no symbols). Passwords are
NOT case-sensitive. To cancel a password press the

Enter

key instead of

entering characters in the Enter New Password and Re-enter New Pass-
word fields. When a User Password is set it must be used to access the
BIOS utility.

Minimum User
Password Length:

–—

[0]

Can only be accessed if Supervisor Password is set. Set the minimum
length for User Password.

Password on Boot:

Disabled

First Boot

Every Boot

[Disabled]

When set to Disabled, no password is required. When set to First Boot,
password entry required only before first boot. When Every Boot is
selected, password required whenever the system is booted.

On Automatic
Wake-up:

Disabled

Enabled

[Disabled]

When set to Disabled, it is not necessary to enter a password to wake up
from LAN or Real Time Clock (RTC). When Enabled, it is still necessary to
enter a password after automatic wake-up.

KB Lock on Resume:

Disabled

Enabled

[Disabled]

When Enabled, keyboard or mouse inputs are locked out at Resume From
Suspend or Save-to-Disk until entering password.

Boot from
Removable Media:

All

Supervisor

only

[All]

When Supervisor Only is selected, only the Supervisor can boot from
removable media. Only the user who enters the Supervisor Password
before OS boot is treated as the Supervisor. When All is selected, boot
from removable media is not restricted.

Flash Write:

Disabled

Enabled

[Enabled]

When disabled, the BIOS Flash Memory is write-protected; when
enabled, it is not.

Hard Disk Security

–—

–—

Configures hard disk security features.

Owner Information

–—

–—

Sets Owner information.

Security Chip Setting

–—

–—

Sets setting for the security chip.

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