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Embedded system management – Dell PowerEdge R715 User Manual

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Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager

Operating With a Setup Password Enabled

If Setup Password is Enabled, you must enter the correct setup password

before modifying most of the System Setup options.
If you do not enter the correct password in three attempts, the system lets you

view, but not modify, the System Setup screens. The following options are

exceptions: If System Password is not Enabled and is not locked through the

Password Status option, you can assign a system password. You cannot disable

or change an existing system password.

NOTE:

You can use the Password Status option in conjunction with the Setup

Password option to protect the system password from unauthorized changes.

Deleting or Changing an Existing Setup Password

1 Enter the System Setup program and select the System Security.
2 Highlight Setup Password, press to access the setup password

window. Press twice to clear the existing setup password.
The setting changes to

Not Enabled.

3 If you want to assign a new setup password, perform the steps in "Assigning

a Setup Password" on page 71.

Embedded System Management

The Lifecycle Controller is an embedded utility that enables systems

management tasks from an embedded environment throughout the

server’s lifecycle.
Lifecycle Controller can be started during the boot sequence and can

function independently of the operating system.

NOTE:

Certain platform configurations may not support the full set of features

provided by the Lifecycle Controller.

For more information about setting up the Lifecycle Controller, configuring

hardware and firmware, and deploying the operating system, see the Lifecycle

Controller documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.

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