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Setting Boot Device Priority, Setting Passwords and Security Options, Customizing the SSU Interface

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Customizing the SSU Interface The SSU lets you customize your interface using the Preferences section of the main window. The AF sets these preferences and saves them in the AF.INI file so that they take effect the next time you start the SSU. There are four user customizable settings: • Color-lets you change the default colors associated with different items on the screen using predefined color combinations. The color changes take effect immediately. • Mode-lets you set the desired expertise level: novice, intermediate, or expert. The expertise level determines which tasks are visible in the Available Tasks section and which actions each task performs. For a new mode setting to take effect, you must exit the SSU and restart it. • Language-lets you change the text in the SSU to the appropriate language. For a new language setting to take effect, you must exit the SSU and restart it. • Other-lets you show or hide the status bar at the bottom of the SSU main window. The change takes effect immediately. ✏ NOTE If you run the SSU from read-only media (CD-ROM, for example), these preferences are lost when you exit the SSU. Exiting the SSU Exiting the SSU closes all SSU windows. Setting Boot Device Priority To change the boot priority of a device: 1. From the SSU Main window, choose Boot Devices. 2. In the Multiboot Options Add-in window, select a device. 3. Click the Move Up button to move it up in the list. Click the Move Down button to move it down. Setting Passwords and Security Options You can set a user password and an admin password. On some systems, you must set an admin password before you can set a user password. On other systems, the passwords are independent. You can set the same passwords and security options by using BIOS Setup (39). Setting the Admin Password The Admin Password button lets you set or change the admin password used by both the SSU and the system BIOS. This option is not available if both an admin and a user password are set and you entered only the user password when you started the SSU. All changes to the admin password take effect immediately. 52 Intel SPSH4 Server Platform Product Guide

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Intel SPSH4 Server Platform Product Guide
Customizing the SSU Interface
The SSU lets you customize your interface using the Preferences section of the main window.
The
AF sets these preferences and saves them in the AF.INI file so that they take effect the next time you
start the SSU.
There are four user customizable settings:
•
Color
—lets you change the default colors associated with different items on the screen using
predefined color combinations.
The color changes take effect immediately.
•
Mode
—lets you set the desired expertise level:
novice, intermediate, or expert.
The expertise level determines which tasks are visible in the Available Tasks section and which
actions each task performs.
For a new mode setting to take effect, you must exit the SSU and
restart it.
•
Language
—lets you change the text in the SSU to the appropriate language.
For a new
language setting to take effect, you must exit the SSU and restart it.
•
Other
—lets you show or hide the status bar at the bottom of the SSU main window.
The change
takes effect immediately.
NOTE
If you run the SSU from read-only media (CD-ROM, for example), these
preferences are lost when you exit the SSU.
Exiting the SSU
Exiting the SSU closes all SSU windows.
Setting Boot Device Priority
To change the boot priority of a device:
1.
From the SSU Main window, choose Boot Devices.
2.
In the Multiboot Options Add-in window, select a device.
3. Click the
Move Up
button to move it up in the list.
Click the
Move Down
button to move it
down.
Setting Passwords and Security Options
You can set a user password and an admin password.
On some systems, you must set an admin
password before you can set a user password.
On other systems, the passwords are independent.
You can set the same passwords and security options by using BIOS Setup (39).
Setting the Admin Password
The Admin Password button lets you set or change the admin password used by both the SSU and
the system BIOS.
This option is not available if both an admin and a user password are set and you
entered only the user password when you started the SSU.
All changes to the admin password take
effect immediately.