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Chapter 17 - Managing Server Console Security

Overview of Server Console Security

Figure 17-1. Console Security Screen

Locking and Unlocking the Console

1. At the Operator Menu, select Console Security.

2. At the Console Security menu, select Lock/Unlock Console.

3. If you want to lock the console but no password is set, the system displays a message and returns you to the Console Security menu.

If there is a password, the system first verifies if the console is currently locked or unlocked, and then queries if you want to change the status. Enter Y.

4. To change the console status, enter the password at the system prompt. The new status takes effect and you are returned to the Operator Menu.

Setting or Changing the Console Password

Caution: Do not forget the system console password. If you do, you cannot regain access to the Operator Menu functions without intervention from Banyan customer support.

Setting Console Password

1. At the Operator Menu, select Console Security.

2. At the Console Security menu, select Change/Set Console Password.

3. Enter a password that you will remember.

4. Confirm the password by re-entering it. You return to the Operator Menu.

Changing Console Password

1. Select Console Security from the Operator Menu. (If the console is locked, you are prompted for the password.)

2. At the Console Security menu, select Change/Set Password.

3. Enter the current password.

4. Enter the new password.

5. Confirm the new password by re-entering it. You return to the Operator Menu.

Leaving the Console

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