Dell R210 BIOS Locked

Question

I bought a used server, still under Dell Warranty, on Ebay last week only to find that it was completely locked from a BIOS standpoint.  I purchased it to be my home Pfsense firewall, for which I believe it is ideally suited.  Now, I can get creative with the HDD power so that I can force this thing to boot from CD, but I'd rather do it without getting too risky w/the hardware. What is the proper procedure to completely wipe the BIOS, to include any passwords?  Is there such a mechanism, either in chassis or keystrokes? Any help would be appreciated.  Oh, and I already tried the 3-light CTRL-E, F, B trick with no luck. Regards, [bh]

DELL-Geoff P · Accepted Answer

Here is a link to the manual: ftp.dell.com/.../poweredge-r210_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf Go to Jumpers\Connectors, and use the bios password reset jumper following the process listed. Regards,

theflash1932 · Accepted Answer

Page 41 of the manual to clear the NVRAM: ftp.dell.com/.../poweredge-r210_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf

theflash1932 · Answer

Sorry Geoff ... should have refreshed :)

bhh · Answer

Thanks all. I figured there was a jumper in chassis. Wanted to know if there was another way since I made the rookie mistake of racking/stacking prior to my bench test. I appreciate the clarification.

Thanks again.

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