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Operating with setup password enabled, Redundant OS Control, Redundant OS Control screen details

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Operating with 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: 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. Redundant OS Control You can use the Redundant OS Control screen to set the redundant OS info for redundant OS control. It enables you to set up a physical recovery disk on your system. Viewing Redundant OS Control To view the Redundant OS Control screen, perform the following steps: Steps 1. Turn on, or restart your system. 2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message: F2 = System Setup NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. 3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS. 4. On the System BIOS screen, click Redundant OS Control. Redundant OS Control screen details The Redundant OS Control screen details are explained as follows: About this task Option Redundant OS Location Description Enables you to select a backup disk from the following devices: ● None ● Internal SD card ● SATA Ports in AHCI mode ● BOSS PCIe cards (Internal M.2 Drives) ● Internal USB NOTE: RAID configurations and NVMe cards not are included as BIOS does not have the ability to distinguish between individual drives in those configurations. Pre-operating system management applications 37

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Operating with 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:
Password Invalid.
Number of unsuccessful password attempts: <3> 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.
Redundant OS Control
You can use the
Redundant OS Control
screen to set the redundant OS info for redundant OS control. It enables you to set
up a physical recovery disk on your system.
Viewing Redundant OS Control
To view the
Redundant OS Control
screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1.
Turn on, or restart your system.
2.
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3.
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4.
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
Redundant OS Control
.
Redundant OS Control screen details
The
Redundant OS Control
screen details are explained as follows:
About this task
Option
Description
Redundant OS
Location
Enables you to select a backup disk from the following devices:
●
None
●
Internal SD card
●
SATA Ports in AHCI mode
●
BOSS PCIe cards (Internal M.2 Drives)
●
Internal USB
NOTE:
RAID configurations and NVMe cards not are included as BIOS does not have the ability to
distinguish between individual drives in those configurations.
Pre-operating system management applications
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