Passwords, Power-on password, Power-on – Lenovo 3797 User Manual

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Power-on

Password

Select

this

choice

to

set

or

change

a

power-on

password.

See

“Power-on

password”

for

more

information.

Administrator

Password

Select

this

choice

to

set

or

change

an

administrator

password.

An

administrator

password

is

intended

to

be

used

by

a

system

administrator;

it

limits

access

to

the

full

UEFI

Setup

Utility

menu.

If

an

administrator

password

is

set,

the

full

UEFI

Setup

Utility

menu

is

available

only

if

you

type

the

administrator

password

at

the

password

prompt.

For

more

information,

see

“Administrator

password”

on

page

109.

v

Save

Settings

Select

this

choice

to

save

the

changes

that

you

have

made

in

the

settings.

v

Restore

Settings

Select

this

choice

to

cancel

the

changes

that

you

have

made

in

the

settings

and

restore

the

previous

settings.

v

Load

Default

Settings

Select

this

choice

to

cancel

the

changes

that

you

have

made

in

the

settings

and

restore

the

factory

settings.

v

Exit

Setup

Select

this

choice

to

exit

from

the

UEFI

Setup

Utility

program.

If

you

have

not

saved

the

changes

that

you

have

made

in

the

settings,

you

are

asked

whether

you

want

to

save

the

changes

or

exit

without

saving

them.

Passwords

From

the

User

Security

menu

choice,

you

can

set,

change,

and

delete

a

power-on

password

and

an

administrator

password.

The

User

Security

choice

is

on

the

full

UEFI

Setup

menu

only.

If

you

set

only

a

power-on

password,

you

must

type

the

power-on

password

to

complete

the

system

startup

and

to

have

access

to

the

full

UEFI

Setup

Utility

menu.

An

administrator

password

is

intended

to

be

used

by

a

system

administrator;

it

limits

access

to

the

full

UEFI

Setup

Utility

menu.

If

you

set

only

an

administrator

password,

you

do

not

have

to

type

a

password

to

complete

the

system

startup,

but

you

must

type

the

administrator

password

to

access

the

UEFI

Setup

Utility

menu.

If

you

set

a

power-on

password

for

a

user

and

an

administrator

password

for

a

system

administrator,

you

can

type

either

password

to

complete

the

system

startup.

A

system

administrator

who

types

the

administrator

password

has

access

to

the

full

UEFI

Setup

Utility

menu;

the

system

administrator

can

give

the

user

authority

to

set,

change,

and

delete

the

power-on

password.

A

user

who

types

the

power-on

password

has

access

to

only

the

limited

UEFI

Setup

Utility

menu;

the

user

can

set,

change,

and

delete

the

power-on

password,

if

the

system

administrator

has

given

the

user

that

authority.

Power-on

password

If

a

power-on

password

is

set,

when

you

turn

on

the

server,

the

system

startup

will

not

be

completed

until

you

type

the

power-on

password.

You

can

use

any

combination

of

up

to

seven

characters

(A–Z,

a–z,

and

0–9)

for

the

password.

When

a

power-on

password

is

set,

you

can

enable

the

Unattended

Start

mode,

in

which

the

keyboard

and

mouse

remain

locked

but

the

operating

system

can

start.

You

can

unlock

the

keyboard

and

mouse

by

typing

the

power-on

password.

Chapter

6.

Configuring

the

server

107

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