User`s guide

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Security
Press Enter on "Set Supervisor Password" or "Set User Password," to display the password entry screen.
Enter the passwords on the dialog box.
IMPORTANT:
 A User password can be set only when a Supervisor password is already set.
 Set the passwords only after an OS has been installed.
 If you forget the passwords, contact your service representative.
See the table below for the items.
Option Parameter Description Your Setting
Security Chip
Configuration
–
The Security Chip Configuration
submenu is displayed.
Supervisor
Password Is
Clear
Set
Indicates the password setting status.
User Password Is Clear
Set
Indicates the password setting status.
Set Supervisor
Password
Up to eight
alphanumerics
Press Enter to display the supervisor
password entry screen.
This password enables all the SETUP
menus to be accessed. This setting
can be done only when logging to the
Setup utility with a Supervisor
password.
Set User
Password
Up to eight
alphanumerics
Press Enter to display the user
password entry screen. With this
password, access to the SETUP
menu is restricted.
Password on boot [Disabled]
Enabled
Specifies whether the passwords are
entered or not during boot.
If the supervisor password is set and
this option is disabled, the BIOS
determines that a user is booting.
Fixed disk boot
sector
[Normal]
Write Protect
Specifies whether writing to the boot
sector of the hard disk drive is allowed
or not.
Power Switch
Inhibit
[Disabled]
Enabled
Enables or disables the power switch
feature.
The forced shutdown (pressing the
POWER switch for at least four
seconds) feature still works.
[ ]: Factory-set
Security Chip Configuration Submenu
Option Parameter Description Your Setting
TPM Support [Disabled]
Enabled
Disables or enables the TPM
feature. (This item can be selected
when a Supervisor Password is
set on the Security menu.)
Current TPM
State
– Displays the current TPM state.
Change TPM
State
[No Change]
Enable & Activate
Deactivate & Disable
Clear
Changes the TPM state.
[ ]: Factory-set