National Instruments PXI-8184 User Manual

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Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration© National Instruments Corporation 2-9 NI PXI-8184/8185 User Manual• Boot Configuration—This setting selects whether the controllershould boot LabVIEW RT, LabVIEW RT Safe Mode, or an installedOS such as Windows XP. The default is Use Hardware Switch.• Disable Startup VI—If the controller becomes inaccessible becauseof a startup VI, this switch can prevent VIs from automatically runningat startup. The default is Use Hardware Switch.• Reset IP Address—If the controller is deployed to a different subnetfrom which it was originally configured, or if the current IP addressis invalid, use this switch to reset the IP address to 0.0.0.0 duringLabVIEW RT startup. The default is Use Hardware Switch.Security Setup MenuUse this menu to apply system-level passwords to the NI PXI-8184/8185controller. With these passwords, you can restrict access to the BIOS setupprogram, floppy drives, and operating systems installed on bootabledevices. If you forget any password, you can restore the CMOS contents tothe factory default as described in the System CMOS section.Note In most chassis configurations, an unauthorized user has easy access to the jumperthat resets the CMOS contents to the factory default. For a secure setup of this controller,National Instruments recommends further provisions that are beyond the scope of thisdocument.The Security setup menu includes the following settings:• Set Supervisor Password—This setting sets the password thatgoverns supervisor-level access to the BIOS setup screen and booting.The default is no password.• Set User Password—This setting sets the password that governsuser-level access to the BIOS setup screen and booting. If you enterBIOS setup using the user password, the only BIOS setting you canmodify is the user password. The default is no password.• Password on Boot—This setting controls whether the controllerrequires a supervisor or user password to boot an operating system. Ifyou enter the supervisor password on boot, you have supervisor-leveldiskette access. If you enter the user password on boot, you haveuser-level diskette access.• Write Protect Boot Sector—When set to Yes, this setting preventsmodification of a hard disk boot sector through INT 13h services,which may help prevent certain computer viruses from infecting thecontroller. This setting does not prevent boot sector modification