Users Guide

• Delete Existing Credentials

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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 field, type the name to identify the credential.

5. In the User Name field, 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 Confirm 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 Configuration, 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.