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Set Supervisor/User Password, Characters 0-9, A-Z (not case sensitive), Enter New Password

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Parameter Set HDD Password Password on boot Description When shown as [Locked], the hard drive password currently can not be changed or disabled. To change or disable it, turn off the system and enter Setup immediately after turning it back on. Press [Enter] to input change, or disable hard drive password. Defines whether a password is required or not while the events defined in this group happened. The following suboptions are all requires the Supervisor password for changes and should be grayed out if the user password was used to enter setup. Allows the user to specify whether or not a password is required to boot. Option Enter Disabled Enabled Set Supervisor/User Password If password on boot is required, the password must be set otherwise it cannot be enabled. The formats of the password are as follows: Length No more than 8 characters Characters 0-9,A-Z (not case sensitive) While these fields are highlighted and press "Enter", a window similar to the following is shown: Set SupervisorPassword Enter New Password [ ] Confirm New Password [ ] If there is an old password then setup will prompt with the following window instead and a current password will be required to be entered at first: Set Supervisor Password Enter current password [ ] Enter New Password [ ] Confirm New Password [ ] Chapter 2 39

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Chapter 2
39
Set Supervisor/User Password
If password on boot is required, the password must be set otherwise it cannot be enabled.
The formats of the password are as follows:
Length
No more than 8 characters
Characters 0-9,A-Z (not case sensitive)
While these fields are highlighted and press “Enter”,
a window similar to the following is shown:
If there is an old password then setup will prompt with the following window instead and a current password
will be required to be entered at first:
Set HDD Password
When shown as [Locked], the hard drive
password currently can not be changed
or disabled.
To change or disable it, turn off the
system and enter Setup immediately after
turning it back on.
Press [Enter] to input change, or disable
hard drive password.
Enter
Password on boot
Defines whether a password is required
or not while the events defined in this
group happened. The following sub-
options are all requires the Supervisor
password for changes and should be
grayed out if the user password was used
to enter setup.
Allows the user to specify whether or not
a password is required to boot.
Disabled
Enabled
Parameter
Description
Option
Set SupervisorPassword
Enter New Password
[
]
Confirm New Password
[
]
Set Supervisor Password
Enter current password
[
]
Enter New Password
[
]
Confirm New Password
[
]