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Dell POWEREDGE 840 User Manual

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Using the System Setup Program

Operating With a Setup Password Enabled

If Setup Password is set to Enabled, you must enter the correct setup password before you can modify
most of the System Setup options. When you start the System Setup program, the program prompts you
to enter a password.

If you do not enter the correct password in three attempts, the system lets you view, but not modify, the
System Setup screens—with the following exception: If System Password is not set to Enabled and is not
locked through the Password Status option, you can assign a system password (however, 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 option.
2 Highlight the Setup Password option, press to access the setup password window, and 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 39.