Users Guide

Logging into CMC as a local user, active directory

user, or LDAP user

To log in to CMC, you must have a CMC account with the Log In to CMC privilege. The default root account is the default administrative

account that ships with CMC.

NOTE: For added security, it is recommended that you change the default password of the root account during initial

setup.

NOTE: When Certificate Validation is enabled, provide the FQDN of the system. If certificate validation is enabled and IP

address is provided for the domain controller, then the login fails.

CMC does not support extended ASCII characters, such as ß, å, é, ü, or other characters used primarily in non-English languages. Setting

values with these characters causes unpredictable behavior.

To log in as a local user, Active Directory user, or LDAP user.

1. In the Username field, type your user name:

• CMC user name: <user name>

NOTE: The CMC user name can contain only alphanumeric characters and certain special characters. The at (@)

symbol and following special characters are not supported:

○ Forward slash (/)

○ Backward slash (/)

○ Semicolon (;)

○ Backward Quote (`)

○ Quotations (“)

• Active Directory user name: <domain>\<user name>, <domain>/<user name>, or <user>@<domain>.

• LDAP user name: <user name>

NOTE: This field is case-sensitive.

2. In the Password field, type the user password.

NOTE: For Active Directory user, the Username field is case-sensitive.

3. In the Domain field, from the drop-down menu, select the required domain.

4. Optionally, select a session timeout. This is the duration for which you can stay logged in with no activity before you are automatically

logged out. The default value is the Web Service Idle Timeout.

5. Click OK.

You are logged into CMC with the required user privileges.

You cannot log in to the Web interface with different usernames in multiple browser windows on a single workstation.

NOTE:

If LDAP authentication is enabled and you attempt to log in to CMC using the local credentials, the credentials

are first checked in the LDAP server and then in CMC.

NOTE: Valid characters of physical location properties, excluding chassis name—Alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0–

9) and special characters (such as, but not limited to, ! , $ % ^ # @ ~ [ ] ). For chassis name, the valid characters are—

Alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0–9), special characters (-, +, %, /, ^, =, @, #, ., ,, :, and _), and white space.

Logging into CMC using a smart card

To use this feature, you must have an Enterprise License. You can log in to CMC using a smart card. Smart cards provide Two Factor

Authentication (TFA) that provide two-layers of security:

• Physical smart card device.

• Secret code such as a password or PIN.

Users must verify their credentials using the smart card and the PIN.

Logging into CMC