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Accessing CMC Web Interface

Logging Into CMC Using Smart Card

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.

NOTE: You cannot use the IP address to log in to CMC using Smart Card login. Kerberos validates your credentials based on the

Fully Qualied Domain Name (FQDN).

Before you log in as an Active Directory user using Smart Card, make sure to:

• Upload a Trusted Certicate Authority (CA) certicate (CA-signed Active Directory certicate) to CMC.

• Congure the DNS server.

• Enable Active Directory login.

• Enable Smart Card login.

To log in to CMC as an Active Directory user using smart card:

1 Log in to CMC using the link https://<cmcname.domain-name>.

The CMC Login page is displayed prompting you to insert the smart card.

NOTE

: If you changed the default HTTPS port number (port 80), access the CMC Web page using<cmcname.domain-

name>:<port number>, where cmcname is the CMC host name for CMC, domain-name is the domain name, and port

number

is the HTTPS port number.

2 Insert the smart card and click Login.

The PIN pop-up is displayed.

3 Enter the PIN and click Submit.

NOTE

: If the smart card user is present in Active Directory, an Active Directory password is not required.

You are logged in to CMC with your Active Directory credentials.