Configuring the System 3-19
Security Menu
The Security Menu is a top-level menu in the BIOS Setup utility. Choose
the Security Menu by selecting Security in the legend bar.
Security Menu options are available by selecting submenus. Use the
arrow keys to select a Security Menu option. Press
Enter
to display the
submenu. Items with grayed-out text are not changeable from the
submenu. Explanations of each Security Menu option and suboption
appear in the following table.
The options in this menu control access to your
system. Please be sure to read and follow the instructions in this guide.
Security Menu Items
Menu Item
Settings (default is bold) and description
User Password is
Clear, Set
This field indicates whether a password has been set; it
is read-only. Set or change the password using the Set
User Password option.
Supervisor Password
is
Clear, Set
This field indicates whether a password has been set; it
is read-only. Set or change the password using the Set
Supervisor Password option.
Set User Password
[Enter]
Use this field to set or change the user password. Press
Enter to bring up a dialog box where the password can
be entered and confirmed.
Do not create a user password that is a subset of the
supervisor password. If you do, the system may only
respond to the user password, and only provide user-
level access until the password is cleared from the BIOS
Setup utility after jumpering the system for Configure
mode.