Passwords (8650)

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Passwords (8650)

Passwords

Two types of passwords are available with the PC Server 704. These are the administrator and user passwords. Both passwords can be set using the Setup program and the 'System Configuration Utility Program'.

Enter Password appears on the screen to prompt you. (The passwords do not appear on the screen as you type them.) If you enter the wrong password, Enter Password appears again. After three incorrect attempts, you must Power-off the server and start again.

NOTE: Any combination of up to seven characters (A-Z, a-z, and 0-9) can be for your administrator password. For additional security, the user and administrator passwords should not be the same.

The following table summarizes the levels of security with the different levels of password protection.

Type of Password Results No password set ° No password required to start system. ° No password required to access the System Configuration Utility program and Setup program. ° User can access all System Configuration Utility program functions. ° Secure mode is not functional. User password only ° User must enter password to complete the system startup. ° Password required to access the System Configuration Utility program, Setup program, and disable secure mode. ° User can access all System Configuration Utility program functions. Administrator password only ° No password required to start system. ° Password required to access Setup program. ° User can access the System Configuration Utility program, but password is required to access sensitive SCU functions. ° Secure mode is not operational. Administrator and user passwords User must enter either password to complete the system startup. ° User must enter either password to access System Configuration Utility program, or Setup program. ° Administrator password required to access sensitive SCU functions. ° User password required to disable secure mode.

Type of Password	Results
No password set	° No password required to start system. ° No password required to access the System Configuration Utility program and Setup program. ° User can access all System Configuration Utility program functions. ° Secure mode is not functional.
User password only	° User must enter password to complete the system startup. ° Password required to access the System Configuration Utility program, Setup program, and disable secure mode. ° User can access all System Configuration Utility program functions.
Administrator password only	° No password required to start system. ° Password required to access Setup program. ° User can access the System Configuration Utility program, but password is required to access sensitive SCU functions. ° Secure mode is not operational.
Administrator and user passwords	User must enter either password to complete the system startup. ° User must enter either password to access System Configuration Utility program, or Setup program. ° Administrator password required to access sensitive SCU functions. ° User password required to disable secure mode.

The administrator password can be set in the Setup program before the system is configured. This will help secure the configuration data by restricting access to some System Configuration Utility program functions. The following explains how to define the administrator password.

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