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Using your system password to secure your system, Operating with a setup password enabled

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Using your system password to secure your system Support site link If you have assigned a setup password, the system accepts your setup password as an alternate system password. 1. Turn on or reboot your system. 2. Type the system password and press Enter. When Password Status is set to Locked, type the system password and press Enter when prompted at reboot. NOTE: If an incorrect system password is typed, the system displays a message and prompts you to reenter your password. You have three attempts to type the correct password. After the third unsuccessful attempt, the system displays an error message that the system has stopped functioning and must be turned off. Even after you turn off and restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is entered. Operating with a setup password enabled If Setup Password is set to Enabled, type the correct setup password before modifying the system setup options. If you do not type the correct password in three attempts, the system displays the following message: Invalid Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: System Halted! Must power down. Password Invalid. Number of unsuccessful password attempts: Maximum number of password attempts exceeded.System halted. Even after you turn off and restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is typed. The following options are exceptions: • If System Password is not set to Enabled and is not locked through the Password Status option, you can assign a system password. For more information, see the System Security Settings screen section. • You cannot disable or change an existing system password. NOTE: You can use the password status option with the setup password option to protect the system password from unauthorized changes. Entering the UEFI boot manager NOTE: Operating systems must be 64-bit UEFI-compatible (for example, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 version) to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems can only be installed from the BIOS boot mode. The Boot Manager enables you to: • Add, delete, and arrange boot options. • Access System Setup and BIOS-level boot options without restarting. To enter the Boot Manager: 1. Turn on or restart your system. 2. Press after you see the following message: = UEFI Boot Manager If your operating system begins to load before you press , allow the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. NOTE: On 13th generation PowerEdge servers, F11 allows you to access the Boot menu depending on the boot mode setting. If boot mode is set to UEFI, you can access only the UEFI boot mode and you cannot access the BIOS boot mode anymore. 86

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Using your system password to secure your system
Support site link
If you have assigned a setup password, the system accepts your setup password as an alternate system password.
1.
Turn on or reboot your system.
2.
Type the system password and press Enter.
When
Password Status
is set to
Locked
, type the system password and press Enter when prompted at reboot.
NOTE: If an incorrect system password is typed, the system displays a message and prompts you to reenter your
password. You have three attempts to type the correct password. After the third unsuccessful attempt, the system
displays an error message that the system has stopped functioning and must be turned off. Even after you turn off and
restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is entered.
Operating with a setup password enabled
If
Setup Password
is set to
Enabled
, type the correct setup password before modifying the system setup options.
If you do not type the correct password in three attempts, the system displays the following message:
Invalid Password! Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x> System Halted! Must power
down.
Password Invalid. Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <x> Maximum number of password
attempts exceeded.System halted.
Even after you turn off and restart the system, the error message is displayed until the correct password is typed. The following
options are exceptions:
•
If
System Password
is not set to
Enabled
and is not locked through the
Password Status
option, you can assign a system
password. For more information, see the System Security Settings screen section.
•
You cannot disable or change an existing system password.
NOTE: You can use the password status option with the setup password option to protect the system password from
unauthorized changes.
Entering the UEFI boot manager
NOTE: Operating systems must be 64-bit UEFI-compatible (for example, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 version)
to be installed from the UEFI boot mode. DOS and 32-bit operating systems can only be installed from the BIOS boot
mode.
The Boot Manager enables you to:
•
Add, delete, and arrange boot options.
•
Access System Setup and BIOS-level boot options without restarting.
To enter the Boot Manager:
1.
Turn on or restart your system.
2.
Press
<F11>
after you see the following message:
<F11> = UEFI Boot Manager
If your operating system begins to load before you press
<F11>
, allow the system to finish booting, and then restart your
system and try again.
NOTE: On 13th generation PowerEdge servers, F11 allows you to access the Boot menu depending on the boot
mode setting. If boot mode is set to UEFI, you can access only the UEFI boot mode and you cannot access the BIOS
boot mode anymore.
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