IBM 6000R Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 62

Administrator password Select this choice to set an administrator password. The administrator password provides access to all choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set, change, or delete both the administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a power-on password to be changed by the user. Attention: If an administrator password is set and then forgotten, it cannot be overridden or removed. You must replace the system board. The following table provides a summary of the password features. Table 8. Power-on and administrator password features Type of password Power-on password Administrator password Administrator and power-on password Results • Enter the password to complete the system startup. • All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. • No password is required to start the system. • Enter the password to access the Configuration/Setup Utility program. • All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. • You can enter either password to complete the system startup. • The administrator password provides access to all choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set, change, or delete both the administrator and power-on passwords, and allow a power-on password to be changed by the user. • The power-on password provides access to a limited set of choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. This limited access might include changing or deleting the power-on password. Using the SCSISelect utility program SCSISelect is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can use to: • View the default SCSI IDs • Locate and correct configuration conflicts • Perform a low-level format on a SCSI hard disk 50 Netfinity 6000R Type 8682 Models 1RY, 2RY