Users Guide

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Configuring User Accounts and Privileges
You can setup user accounts with specific privileges (role-based authority) to manage your system with
CMC and maintain system security. By default CMC is configured with a local administrator account. This
default user name is root and the password is calvin. As an administrator, you can setup user accounts to
allow other users to access CMC.
You can setup up to 16 local users or use directory services such as Microsoft Active Directory or LDAP to
setup additional user accounts. Using a directory service provides a central location for managing
authorized user accounts.
CMC supports role-based access to users with a set of associated privileges. The roles are administrator,
operator, read only, or none. The role defines the maximum privileges available.
Related Concepts
Types of Users
Configuring Local Users
Configuring Active Directory Users
Configuring Generic LDAP Users
Related Tasks
Modifying Root User Administrator Account Settings
Types of Users
There are two types of users:
• CMC users or chassis users
• iDRAC users or server users (since the iDRAC resides on a server)
CMC and iDRAC users can be local or directory service users.
Except where a CMC user has Server Administrator privilege, privileges granted to a CMC user are not
automatically transferred to the same user on a server, because server users are created independently
from CMC users. In other words, CMC Active Directory users and iDRAC Active Directory users reside on
two different branches in the Active Directory tree. To create a local server user, the Configure Users
must log in to the server directly. The Configure Users cannot create a server user from CMC or vice
versa. This rule protects the security and integrity of the servers.
Table 18. : User Types
Privilege Description
CMC Login User User can log in to CMC and view all the CMC data, but cannot add
or modify data or execute commands.
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