Users Guide

racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -i 2 -o
cfgUserAdminPrivilege 0x0
A null string of double quote characters ("") instructs CMC to remove the user configuration at the
specified index and reset the user configuration to the original factory defaults.
Enabling CMC User With Permissions
To enable a user with specific administrative permissions (role-based authority):
1. Locate an available user index using the command syntax:
racadm getconfig -g cfgUserAdmin -i <index>
2. Type the following commands with the new user name and password.
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o
cfgUserAdminPrivilege -i <index> <user privilege bitmask value>
NOTE: For a list of valid bit mask values for specific user privileges, see the Chassis
Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference
Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals. The default privilege value is 0, which indicates
the user has no privileges enabled.
Configuring Active Directory Users
If your company uses the Microsoft Active Directory software, you can configure the software to provide
access to CMC, allowing you to add and control CMC user privileges to your existing users in your
directory service. This is a licensed feature.
NOTE: Using Active Directory to recognize CMC users is supported on the Microsoft Windows 2000
and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Active Directory over IPv6 and IPv4 is supported on
Windows 2008.
You can configure user authentication through Active Directory to log in to the CMC. You can also
provide role-based authority, which enables an administrator to configure specific privileges for each
user.
Supported Active Directory Authentication Mechanisms
You can use Active Directory to define CMC user access using two methods:
• Standard schema solution that uses Microsoft’s default Active Directory group objects only.
• Extended schema solution that has customized Active Directory objects provided by Dell. All the
access control objects are maintained in Active Directory. It provides maximum flexibility to configure
user access on different CMCs with varying privilege levels.
Related Concepts
Standard Schema Active Directory Overview
Extended Schema Active Directory Overview
Standard Schema Active Directory Overview
As shown in the following figure, using standard schema for Active Directory integration requires
configuration on both Active Directory and CMC.
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