Service processor setup menu, Passwords – IBM RS/6000 44P User Manual

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Service Processor Firmware

Firmware Level: sh991029

SYSTEM NAME

MAIN MENU

1. Service Processor Setup Menu
2. System Power Control Menu
3. System Information Menu
4. Language Selection Menu
5. Call-In/Call-Out Setup Menu
6. Set System Name

99. Exit from Menus

Service Processor Setup Menu

The Service Processor Setup menu shown below is accessed from the Main Menu:

SERVICE PROCESSOR SETUP MENU

1. Change Privileged Access Password
2. Change General-Access Password
3. Enable/Disable Console Mirroring:

Currently Disabled

4. Start Talk Mode
5. OS Surveillance Setup Menu
6. Reset Service Processor
7. Reprogram Service Processor Flash EPROM
8. Serial Port Snoop Setup Menu

98. Return to Previous Menu
99. Exit from Menus

Note: Unless otherwise stated in the menu responses, setings become effective when

a menu is exited using option 98 or 99.

Passwords

Passwords can be any combination of up to eight alphanumeric characters. You can
enter longer passwords, but the entries are truncated to include only the first eight
characters. Passwords can be set from the service processor menu or from the System
Management Services menus.

For security purposes, the service processor counts the number of attempts to enter
correct passwords. The results of not recognizing a correct password within this error
threshold are different, depending on whether the attempts are being made locally (at
the server) or remotely (through a modem). The error threshold is three attempts.

If the error threshold is reached by someone entering passwords at the server, the
service processor exits the menus. This action is taken based on the assumption that

Chapter 3. Using the Service Processor