User's Manual

134 Using the CMC Web Interface
Chassis Control
Administrator
(Power
Commands)
CMC users with the Chassis Power Administrator privilege can
perform all power-related operations:
• Control chassis power operations, including power on, power off,
and power cycle.
Server
Administrator
The Server Administrator privilege is a blanket privilege granting a
CMC user all rights to perform any operation on any servers
present in the chassis.
When a user with CMC Server Administrator privilege issues an
action to be performed on a server, the CMC firmware sends the
command to the targeted server without checking the user's
privileges on the server. In other words, the CMC Server
Administrator privilege overrides any lack of administrator
privileges on the server.
Without the Server Administrator privilege, a user created on the
chassis can only execute a command on a server when all of the
following conditions are true:
• The same user name exists on the server
• The same user name must have the exact same password on the
server
• The user must have the privilege to execute the command
When a CMC user who does not have Server Administrator
privilege issues an action to be performed on a server, the CMC
will send a command to the targeted server with the user’s login
name and password. If the user does not exist on the server,
or if the password does not match, the user is denied the ability
to perform the action.
If the user exists on the target server and the password matches,
the server responds with the privileges of which the user was
granted on the server. Based on the privileges responding from
the server, CMC firmware decides if the user has the right
to perform the action.
Listed below are the privileges and the actions on the server to
which the Server Administrator is entitled. These rights are
applied only when the chassis user does not have the Server
Administrative privilege on the chassis.
Table 5-18. User Types
(continued)
Privilege Description