User guide

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Users may also be added to user-defined user groups; see Managing User Groups on page 163.
Preemption Levels
The preemption level of users determines whether they may interrupt or disconnect another user’s
serial or video (KVM) session with a target device. This also applies to virtual media sessions,
which are initiated from the Video Viewer.
DSView software administrators and user administrators may specify the preemption level for user
accounts or user-defined user groups when an account or group is created. The preemption level
may be changed later. See Changing the preemption level for a user on page 159 or Displaying and
changing user group properties on page 166 for more information.
By default, the preemption level used by the DSView management software (the effective user
preemption level) is the highest level of all of the user groups to which the user belongs.
Preemption levels range from 1-4, with 4 being the highest level. For example, a user or a user
Change the preemption level
for users and user groups
Yes Yes No No No
View and select external
authentication server names
Yes Yes No No No
View, add, change and
delete unit entries
Yes No Yes No No
View, add, change and
delete unit groups
Yes Yes Yes No No
Configure unit access
control settings
Yes Yes No No No
Add, change and delete
sites, departments
and locations
Yes No Yes No No
View and select user
account names and user
group names
Yes Yes No No No
Change your own password Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
View managed appliances
that have one or more
access rights including
status or appliance status
Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Table 1.10: Built-in User Groups and Allowed Operations (Continued)
Operations
Built-in User Groups
S/W Admin. User Admin. Appl. Admin. Auditors Users