Specifications

QSSC-S4R Technical Product Specification BIOS User Interface
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17.2.3.4 Security Screen
The Security screen allows you to enable and set the user and administrative password. This is done to lock out the
front panel buttons so they cannot be used. This screen also allows the user to enable and activate the Trusted
Platform Module (TPM) security settings.
To access this screen from the Main screen, select Security.
Main Advanced Security Server Management Boot Options Boot Manager
Administrator Password Status
<Installed/Not Installed>
User Password Status
<Installed/Not Installed>
Set Administrator Password [1234aBcD]
Set User Password [1234aBcD]
Front Panel Lockout Enabled / Disabled
TPM State
<Enabled & Activated/Enabled & Deactivated/Disabled&
Activated/Disabled & Deactivated>
TPM Administrative Control No Operation / Turn On / Turn Off / Clear Ownership
Figure 88. Setup Utility — Security Screen
Table 121. Setup Utility — Security Configuration Screen Fields
Setup Item Options Help Text Comments
A
dministrator Password
Status
<Installed
Not Installed>
Information only. Indicates the
status of the administrator
password.
User Password Status <Installed
Not Installed>
Information only. Indicates the
status of the user password.
Set Administrator
Password
[123aBcD]
A
dministrator password is used to
control change access to the BIOS Setup
Utility.
Only alphanumeric characters can be used.
Maximum length is 7 characters. It is case
sensitive.
Note: Administrator password must be set in
order to use the user account.
This option is only to control
access to the setup.
A
dministrator has full access to
all the setup items. Clearing the
A
dministrator password also
clears the user password.
Set User Password [123aBcD] User password is used to control entry access
to BIOS Setup Utility.
Only alphanumeric characters can be used.
Maximum length is 7 characters. It is case
sensitive.
Note: Removing the administrator password
also automatically removes the user password.
This option is available only if the
administrator password is
installed. This option only protects
the setup.
User password only has limited
access to the setup items.
Front Panel Lockout Enabled
Disabled
If enabled, locks the power button and reset
button on the system's front panel.
If [Enabled] is selected, power and reset must
be controlled via a system management
interface.
TPM State Enabled and
A
ctivated
Enabled and
Deactivated
Disabled and
A
ctivated
Disabled and
Deactivated
Information only.
Shows the current TPM device
state.
A
disabled TPM device does not
execute commands that use the
TPM functions and TPM security
operations are not available.
A
n enabled and deactivated TPM