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User security

Use this menu to set or change Power-On and Administrator passwords.



Table 1. User security details

Item

Options

Description

Password Rule and Policy

N/A

Set rule and policy.

Set Power-On Password

N/A

Set the power-On password.

The password can only contain the following characters (no white-space characters allowed): A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ~`!@#$%^&*()-+={}[]|:;"'<>,?/.\_

Must contain at least one letter

Must contain at least one number

Must contain at least 2 of the following combinations:

  • At least one upper-case letter

  • At least one lower-case letter

  • At least one special character

No more than 2 consecutive occurrences of the same character

Must be at least 8 characters if doesn’t select other value in “Minimum password length” option.

Note
Click the button, pop-up message box will show up.

  • Please type in your password

  • Please type in your new password

  • Please confirm your new password

  • Power-On Password has been set successfully

  • The password failed to meet the “Minimum password reuse cycle” requirements.

  • Please enter enough characters

Press Enter to Continue

  • The password can’t be changed because the “Minimum password change interval” time is not exceeded.

  • The password does not meet the minimum password complexity requirements.

Please check the help for “Set Power-On Password” or “Set Administrator Password” settings.

  • Passwords are not the same

Press Enter to Continue

  • Incorrect Password

Press Enter to Continue

  • Passwords operation have unknown problem.

Press Enter to Continue

When IPMI command has no response, then pop out this message.

Clear Power-On Password

N/A

Clear the Power-On password.

Note
Click the button, pop-up message box will show up.

  • Power-On Password is not set

Press Enter to Continue

  • An existing Power-On Password will be deleted. <ENTER> Continue. <ESC> Return to Setup Utility

  • Power-On Password has been cleared successfully

Press Enter to Continue

Set Administrator Password

N/A

Set the Administrator password.

The password can only contain the following characters (no white-space characters allowed): A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ~`!@#$%^&*()-+={}[]|:;"'<>,?/.\_

Must contain at least one letter

Must contain at least one number

Must contain at least 2 of the following combinations:

  • At least one upper-case letter

  • At least one lower-case letter

  • At least one special character

No more than 2 consecutive occurrences of the same character

Must be at least 8 characters if doesn’t select other value in “Minimum password length” option.

Note
Clicking the button, pop-up message box will show up.

  • Please type in your password

  • Please type in your new password

  • Please confirm your new password

  • Administrative Password has been set successfully

  • The password failed to meet the “Minimum password reuse cycle” requirements.

  • The password can’t be changed because the “Minimum password change interval” time is not exceeded.

  • The password does not meet the minimum password complexity requirements.

Please check the help for “Set Power-On Password” or “Set Administrator Password” settings.

  • Please enter enough characters

Press Enter to Continue

  • Passwords are not the same

Press Enter to Continue

  • Incorrect Password

Press Enter to Continue

  • Passwords operation have unknown problem.

Press Enter to Continue

When IPMI command has no response then pop out this message.

Clear Administrator Password

N/A

Clear the Administrator password.

Clicking the button, pop-up message box will show up.

  • An existing Administrative Password will be deleted <ENTER> Continue. <ESC> Return to Setup Utility

  • Administrative Password has been cleared successfully

Press Enter to Continue

  • Administrative Password is not set

Press Enter to Continue

Password Rule and Policy​

Item

Options

Function

Minimum password length

8~20

Input a value from 8 to 20. The minimum number of characters that can be used to specify a valid password.

Password expiration period

0~365

Input a value from 0 to 365. The number of days a password may be used before it must be changed. If set to 0 the passwords never expire.

Password expiration warning period

0~365

Input a value from 0 to 365. The number of days before receiving a warning about the expiration of the password. If set to 0 the passwords never warned.

Minimum password change interval

0~240

Input a value from 0 to 240. The number of hours that must elapse before changing a password. The value specified for this setting cannot exceed the value specified for the “Password expiration period”. If set to 0 the passwords may be changed immediately.

Minimum password reuse cycle

0~10

Input a value from 0 to 10. The minimum number of times a unique password must be set before reusing a previous password. If set to 0 the passwords may be reused immediately.

Maximum number of login failures

0~100

Input a value from 0 to 100. The number of login attempts that can be made with an incorrect password before the user account is locked out. The account is locked out for the time specified in “Lockout period after maximum login failures”. If set to 0 accounts are never locked. The failed login counter is reset to zero after a successful login.

Lockout period after maximum login failures

0~2880

Input a value from 0 to 2880. The number of minutes that must pass before a locked out user can attempt to login. Entering a valid password does not unlock the account during the lockout period. If set to 0 the accounts will not be locked out even if the “Maximum number of login failures” is exceeded.