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Embedded system management – Dell PowerVault NX300 User Manual

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Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager

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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 74.

Embedded System Management

The Unified Server Configurator (USC) is an embedded utility that enables
systems and storage management tasks from an embedded environment
throughout the server’s lifecycle.
The USC 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 USC.

The following features of USC are supported on systems with Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC):

Installing an operating system

Running diagnostics to validate the memory, I/O devices, processors,
physical disks, and other peripherals

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