Users Guide

• Delete Existing Credentials
Related links
Creating credentials
Editing credentials
Creating credentials
To create credentials:
1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Credentials Management.
2. On the Credentials Management page, click Create.
3. In the Create Credentials dialog box, from the Credential Type drop-down list, select one of the following resource types for
which you want to create the credentials:
• Chassis
• Server
• Switch
• vCenter
• SCVMM
• Storage
• Element Manager
4. In the Credential Name eld, type the name to identify the credential.
5. In the User Name eld, type the user name for the credential.
NOTE: root is the only valid user name for root-level credentials on chassis (CMC), servers (iDRAC), and I/O
modules. You can add local CMC and iDRAC users with user names other than root .
6. In the Password and the Conrm Password boxes, type the password for the credential.
NOTE: For valid user name and password formats, see the iDRAC, CMC, I/O module, or see the storage third-party
documentation.
7. Optionally, for VMware vCenter, SCVMM and Element Manager, in the Domain box, enter the domain ID.
8. Optionally, for switch credentials:
a. Under Protocol, click one of the following connection protocols used to access the resource from remote.
• Telnet
• SSH
b. Under SNMP Conguration, in the SNMP v2 Community String box, type the SNMP v2 community string required to
access the resource.
9. To save the credential, click Save.
Related links
Editing credentials
Deleting credentials
Editing credentials
To edit a credential:
1. On the home page, click Settings, and then click Credentials Management.
2. On the Credential Management page, click a credential that you want to edit, and then click Edit.
3. Modify the credential information in the Edit Credentials dialog box.
4. Click Save.
92