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System security setup – NEC VXi User Manual

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3-8 Using the BIOS Setup Utility

System Security Setup

Use the System Security Setup to establish system passwords.

System Security Setup

Parameter

Default Setting

Alternate Setting(s)

Assign Supervisor
Password

Press Enter

Assign User Password

Press Enter

Boot Password Required

1

No

Yes

Resume Password
Required

2

No

Yes

Assign HDD Password

Press Enter

Internal HDD password

Disabled

Enabled

1

Option is not available until supervisor password is set up

.

2

Only active when Boot Password is set to Yes.

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Assign Supervisor Password — Establishes password protection for entering the
BIOS Setup utility, booting the system, and resuming from suspend.

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Assign User Password — Establishes a user password once a supervisor password
is set. The user password allows the system to boot and resume from Suspend and
Save-to-File.

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Boot Password Required — Indicates whether or not a password is required to boot
the system.

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Resume Password Required — Indicates whether or not a password is required to
resume the system. Boot Password must be defined to activate this parameter.

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Assign HDD Password — Allows you to assign a password to allow or restrict
access to the hard disk drive contents.

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Internal HDD Password — Enables or disables the HDD password.