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Security Menu, IPMI Menu, Boot Menu, Power Menu

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Setting Up and Using Your Workstation Using Your x4000 Workstation Security Menu The Security menu offers a list of sub-menus that let you: • change or set the System Administrator Password, User Password, or Power-on Password (refer to "Setting Passwords" on page 22) • prevent unauthorized start-up from the floppy, CD-ROM and IDE drives • prevent unauthorized use of the floppy drive • prevent a Plug-and-Play operating system from changing the BIOS configuration settings • prevent unauthorized changes to the boot sector IPMI Menu This menu lets you choose to force the BIOS to clear the System Event log. Boot Menu This menu lets you select the order of the devices from which you want the BIOS to attempt to start the operating system. The QuickBoot mode option allows the system to skip certain tests while booting. This decreases the time needed to start the system. Power Menu This menu lets you enable remote power-on. You can also set the mode of operation if an AC power loss occurs. Chapter 1 21

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Setting Up and Using Your Workstation
Using Your x4000 Workstation
Chapter 1
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Security Menu
The Security menu offers a list of sub-menus that let you:
change or set the System Administrator Password, User Password, or
Power-on Password (refer to “Setting Passwords” on page 22)
prevent unauthorized start-up from the floppy, CD-ROM and IDE
drives
prevent unauthorized use of the floppy drive
prevent a Plug-and-Play operating system from changing the BIOS
configuration settings
prevent unauthorized changes to the boot sector
IPMI Menu
This menu lets you choose to force the BIOS to clear the System Event
log.
Boot Menu
This menu lets you select the order of the devices from which you want
the BIOS to attempt to start the operating system. The QuickBoot mode
option allows the system to skip certain tests while booting. This
decreases the time needed to start the system.
Power Menu
This menu lets you enable remote power-on. You can also set the mode of
operation if an AC power loss occurs.