Specifications

Chapter 3: Administrator Console
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• monitor - enables you to view but not change current BSC parameter settings. The
default password for the monitor account is blue.
If you are setting up or changing a BSC configuration, you can log into the administrator
console using the pre-defined admin account. Note that the Admin login page also has a
link by which you can log in as an end user.
You can also manage administrator accounts by:
• Adding a New Administrator Account
• Changing an Administrator Password
• Changing Your Login Password
• Deleting Administrator Accounts
Adding a New Administrator Account
In addition to the default administrator accounts, admin and monitor, you can define
additional administrator accounts, each with their own login, password, and access
rights to specific BSC functions.
To add a new administrator account:
1. Click the User authentication tab in the BSC administrator console, and then click the
Administrative User tab.
2. Select Administrative User from the Create drop-down list on the User authentication
page.
The New admin page appears as shown in Figure 3-3.
3. Mark the Enable user checkbox to make the account available to the administrator.
Clearing the checkbox makes the account unavailable for login.
4. Enter the administrator's login name in the Name field.
5. Optional. Enter the administrator’s e-mail address in the Email address field.
6. Enter the administrator’s password in the New password field, and then re-enter it in
the Confirm new password field.
7. Define the administrator’s access to BSC functions:
Mark the Full radio button to grant the administrator write access to all BSC functions.
Mark the No Access radio button to deny the administrator access to specific BSC
functions.
Mark the Read only radio button to grant the administrator read-only access to all
BSC functions.
Mark the Select All radio button to toggle all the radio buttons in a given column.
8. Optional. Mark the Allow admin to access using SNMP checkbox to grant the
administrator access to SNMP v3.
Note that SNMP v3 requires a user ID and password, rather than a community string,
to make SNMP requests.
9. Optional. Enter a meaningful description of the administrator and their assigned
write access to functions in the Notes field.
10. Optional. Mark the Allow admin to access using the API checkbox to grant the
administrator access using the API.
11. Click Save to save the administrator information to the BSC database, or click Save
and Create Another to continue creating administrator accounts.