Users Guide

Privilege Description
It is possible for a user to have other privileges without the CMC
Login User privilege. This feature is useful when a user is
temporarily not allowed to login. When that user’s CMC Login User
privilege is restored, the user retains all the other privileges
previously granted.
Chassis Configuration
Administrator
User can add or change data that:
• Identifies the chassis, such as chassis name and chassis
location.
• Is assigned specifically to the chassis, such as IP mode (static or
DHCP), static IP address, static gateway, and static subnet mask.
• Provides services to the chassis, such as date and time, firmware
update, and CMC reset.
• Is associated with the chassis, such as slot name and slot
priority. Although these properties apply to the servers, they are
strictly chassis properties relating to the slots rather than the
servers themselves. For this reason, slot names and slot
priorities can be added or changed whether or not servers are
present in the slots.
When a server is moved to a different chassis, it inherits the slot
name and priority assigned to the slot it occupies in the new
chassis. Its previous slot name and priority remain with the previous
chassis.
NOTE: CMC users with the Chassis Configuration
Administrator privilege can configure power settings.
However, the Chassis Control Administrator privilege is
needed to perform chassis power operations, including power
on, power off, and power cycle.
User Configuration Administrator User can:
• Add a new user.
• Change a user's password.
• Change a user's privileges.
• Enable or disable a user's login privilege but retain the user's
name and other privileges in the database.
Clear Logs Administrator User can clear the hardware log and CMC log.
Chassis Control Administrator
(Power Commands)
CMC users with the Chassis Power Administrator privilege can
perform all power-related operations. They can control chassis
power operations, including power on, power off, and power cycle.
NOTE: To configure power settings, the Chassis
Configuration Administrator privilege is needed.
Server Administrator This 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 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 Server Administrator privilege overrides
any lack of administrator privileges on the server.
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