Dell PowerEdge R940 EMC Installation and Service Manual - Page 59

Creating a system and setup password, Using your system password to secure the system

Get Dell PowerEdge R940 PDF manuals and user guides View all Dell PowerEdge R940 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 59 highlights

Option Description Options Description Deployed Mode restricts the programmatic mode transitions. Secure Boot Policy Summary Secure Boot Custom Policy Settings Specifies the list of certificates and hashes that secure boot uses to authenticate images. Configures the Secure Boot Custom Policy. To enable this option, set the Secure Boot Policy to Custom. Creating a system and setup password Prerequisites Ensure that the password jumper is enabled. The password jumper enables or disables the system password and setup password features. For more information, see the System board jumper settings section. NOTE: If the password jumper setting is disabled, the existing system password and setup password are deleted and you need not provide the system password to boot the system. Steps 1. To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or rebooting your system. 2. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS > System Security. 3. On the System Security screen, verify that Password Status is set to Unlocked. 4. In the System Password field, type your system password, and press Enter or Tab. Use the following guidelines to assign the system password: • A password can have up to 32 characters. • The password can contain the numbers 0 through 9. • Only the following special characters are allowed: space A message prompts you to reenter the system password. 5. Reenter the system password, and click OK. 6. In the Setup Password field, type your setup password and press Enter or Tab. A message prompts you to reenter the setup password. 7. Reenter the setup password, and click OK. 8. Press Esc to return to the System BIOS screen. Press Esc again. A message prompts you to save the changes. NOTE: Password protection does not take effect until the system reboots. Using your system password to secure the system About this task If you have assigned a setup password, the system accepts your setup password as an alternate system password. Steps 1. Power on or reboot your system. 2. Type the system password and press Enter. Next steps When Password Status is set to Locked, type the system password and press Enter when prompted at reboot. Pre-operating system management applications 59

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
Option
Description
Options
Description
Deployed Mode
restricts the programmatic mode transitions.
Secure Boot
Policy Summary
Specifies the list of certificates and hashes that secure boot uses to authenticate images.
Secure Boot
Custom Policy
Settings
Configures the Secure Boot Custom Policy. To enable this option, set the
Secure Boot Policy
to
Custom
.
Creating a system and setup password
Prerequisites
Ensure that the password jumper is enabled. The password jumper enables or disables the system password and setup password features.
For more information, see the System board jumper settings section.
NOTE:
If the password jumper setting is disabled, the existing system password and setup password are deleted and
you need not provide the system password to boot the system.
Steps
1.
To enter System Setup, press F2 immediately after turning on or rebooting your system.
2.
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
>
System Security
.
3.
On the
System Security
screen, verify that
Password Status
is set to
Unlocked
.
4.
In the
System Password
field, type your system password, and press Enter or Tab.
Use the following guidelines to assign the system password:
•
A password can have up to 32 characters.
•
The password can contain the numbers 0 through 9.
•
Only the following special characters are allowed: space, (”), (+), (,), (-), (.), (/), (;), ([), (\), (]), (`).
A message prompts you to reenter the system password.
5.
Reenter the system password, and click
OK
.
6.
In the
Setup Password
field, type your setup password and press Enter or Tab.
A message prompts you to reenter the setup password.
7.
Reenter the setup password, and click
OK
.
8.
Press Esc to return to the System BIOS screen. Press Esc again.
A message prompts you to save the changes.
NOTE:
Password protection does not take effect until the system reboots.
Using your system password to secure the system
About this task
If you have assigned a setup password, the system accepts your setup password as an alternate system password.
Steps
1.
Power on or reboot your system.
2.
Type the system password and press Enter.
Next steps
When
Password Status
is set to
Locked
, type the system password and press Enter when prompted at reboot.
Pre-operating system management applications
59