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If Strong Password is enabled, Admin and System passwords

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Table 5. Security Option Admin Password Description Allows you to set, change, or delete the administrator (admin) password. NOTE: You must set the admin password before you set the system or hard drive password. Deleting the admin password automatically deletes the system password and the hard drive password. NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately. Default Setting: Not set System Password Allows you to set, change or delete the system password. NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately. Default Setting: Not set Internal HDD-0 Password Allows you to set, change or delete the password on the system's internal hard-disk drive. NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately. Default Setting: Not set Strong Password Password Configuration Password Bypass Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong passwords. Default Setting: Enable Strong Password is not selected. NOTE: If Strong Password is enabled, Admin and System passwords must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase character and be at least 8 characters long. Allows you to determine the minimum and maximum length of Administrator and System passwords. Allows you to enable or disable the permission to bypass the System and the Internal HDD password, when they are set. The options are: • Disabled • Reboot bypass Default Setting: Disabled Password Change Allows you to enable the disable permission to the System and Hard Drive passwords when the admin password is set. Default Setting: Allow Non-Admin Password Changes is selected. Non-Admin Setup Changes Computrace Allows you to determine whether changes to the setup options are allowed when an Administrator Password is set. If disabled the setup options are locked by the admin password. Allows you to activate or disable the optional Computrace software The options are: • Deactivate 46

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Table 5. Security
Option
Description
Admin Password
Allows you to set, change, or delete the administrator (admin) password.
NOTE:
You must set the admin password before you set the system
or hard drive password. Deleting the admin password automatically
deletes the system password and the hard drive password.
NOTE:
Successful password changes take effect immediately.
Default Setting: Not set
System Password
Allows you to set, change or delete the system password.
NOTE:
Successful password changes take effect immediately.
Default Setting: Not set
Internal HDD-0 Password
Allows you to set, change or delete the password on the system's
internal hard-disk drive.
NOTE:
Successful password changes take effect immediately.
Default Setting: Not set
Strong Password
Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong passwords.
Default Setting: Enable Strong Password is not selected.
NOTE:
If Strong Password is enabled, Admin and System passwords
must contain at least one uppercase character, one lowercase
character and be at least 8 characters long.
Password Configuration
Allows you to determine the minimum and maximum length of
Administrator and System passwords.
Password Bypass
Allows you to enable or disable the permission to bypass the System and
the Internal HDD password, when they are set. The options are:
•
Disabled
•
Reboot bypass
Default Setting: Disabled
Password Change
Allows you to enable the disable permission to the System and Hard
Drive passwords when the admin password is set.
Default Setting: Allow Non-Admin Password Changes is selected.
Non-Admin Setup Changes
Allows you to determine whether changes to the setup options are
allowed when an Administrator Password is set. If disabled the setup
options are locked by the admin password.
Computrace
Allows you to activate or disable the optional Computrace software The
options are:
•
Deactivate
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