Users Guide

The following example describes how to add a new user named "John" with a "123456" password and login privileges to the CMC.
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminUserName
-i 2
john
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword
-i 2
123456
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -i 2 -o
cfgUserAdminPrivilege
0x00000001
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -i 2 -o
cfgUserAdminEnable 1
NOTE: See the Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference Guide
for a list of valid bit mask values for specic user privileges. The default privilege value is 0, which indicates the user has
no privileges enabled.
To verify that the user was added successfully with the correct privileges, use the following commands:
racadm getconfig –g cfgUserAdmin –i 2
For more information on the RACADM commands, see the Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM
Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Disabling CMC User
When using RACADM, users must be disabled manually and on an individual basis. Users cannot be deleted using a conguration le.
To delete a CMC user, the command syntax is:
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminUserName
-i <index>""
racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -i 2 -o
cfgUserAdminPrivilege 0x0
A null string of double quote characters ("") instructs CMC to remove the user conguration at the specied index and reset the
user conguration to the original factory defaults.
Enabling CMC User With Permissions
To enable a user with specic 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 specic 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.
Conguring Active Directory Users
If your company uses the Microsoft Active Directory software, you can congure 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 congure user authentication through Active Directory to log in to the CMC. You can also provide role-based authority,
which enables an administrator to congure specic privileges for each user.
Supported Active Directory Authentication Mechanisms
You can use Active Directory to dene CMC user access using two methods:
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