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6 Managing Clients
Client accounts limit access to the file system. This section describes how to assign client accounts with associated
passwords and access privileges for users, groups, and devices.
You must create a client account for any client that needs to access the Avid ISIS shared storage network: users,
groups, and devices. When you create client accounts, you set basic client information, such as user names and
passwords.
Each user and user group account has an associated privilege level that determines what access the user logging in to
that account has when working with files stored in the network.
The ISIS Management Console allows the administrator to create client accounts for each client connected to the
system, and it maintains a record of all attached clients. The client accounts are listed in dialog boxes for each client
type: users, groups, and devices.
The client limits by ISIS model are as follows:
• ISIS | 7500—330 connected clients maximum
• ISIS | 5500—90 connected clients maximum
• ISIS | 2500—200 ISIS clients and unlimited CIFS clients
ISIS systems support a maximum of 5,000 user accounts (including the default Administrator and Guest user
accounts). In addition, ISIS systems support 1,000 groups. A single user can be in one primary group and up to 15
alternate groups.
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Some clients might not be able to connect to the shared storage network if the combined bandwidth requirement of
connected components equals the system limit for bandwidth use. For information on monitoring bandwidth use, see
“Monitoring Client Bandwidth” on page 110.
Managing Users
The Users page of the ISIS Management Console allows you to create, modify, and delete user accounts; assign
users to specific groups; and manage access privileges for all users.
The Users page contains two sections. On the left side of the dialog box, the Users list displays all the current user
accounts. On the right side of the dialog box, the Details panel displays information about selected users, including
user group membership and Workspace access.
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The Details panel is visible only after you select a client in the Users list.