Users Guide

Privilege Description
• 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.
Without the Server Administrator privilege, a user created on the chassis can only execute a command on
a server when all of the following conditions are true:
• The same user name exists on the server.
• The same user name must have the same password on the server.
• The user must have the privilege to execute the command.
When a CMC user who does not have Server Administrator privilege issues an action to be performed on
a server, CMC sends a command to the targeted server with the user’s login name and password. If the user
does not exist on the server, or if the password does not match, the user is denied the ability to perform the
action.
If the user exists on the target server and the password matches, the server responds with the privileges of
which the user was granted on the server. Based on the privileges responding from the server, CMC
firmware decides if the user has the right to perform the action.
Listed below are the privileges and the actions on the server to which the Server Administrator is entitled.
These rights are applied only when the chassis user does not have the Server Administrative privilege on the
chassis.
Server Configuration Administrator:
• Set IP address
• Set gateway
• Set subnet mask
• Set first boot device
Configure Users:
Configuring User Accounts and Privileges 121