Supermicro X8DTN+ [89/99] 4 security settings

Chapter 4: AMI BIOS

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4-4 Security Settings

The AMIBIOS Setup Utility provides a Supervisor and a User password. If you use

both passwords, the Supervisor password must be set rst.

Supervisor Password

This feature indicates if a supervisor's password has been entered (installed).

User Password

This feature indicates if a user's password has been entered (installed).

Change Supervisor Password

Select this item, press <Enter> to enter a supervisor password.

Change User Password

Select this item, press <Enter> to access the submenu and enter a user pass-

word.

Clear User Password (Available only if User Password has been set)

This item allows you to clear a user password after it has been entered.

Password Check

Select Setup for the system to check for a password at Setup. Select Always for the

system to check for a password at bootup. The options are Setup and Always.

Boot Sector Virus Protection

When this item is enabled, the AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program

(or virus) issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of

the hard disk drive. The options are Enabled and Disabled.