Users Guide

Adding and Configuring DRAC 5 Users 91
Adding and Configuring DRAC 5
Users
To manage your system with the DRAC 5 and maintain system security, create
unique users with specific administrative permissions (or role-based authority).
For additional security, you can also configure alerts that are e-mailed to
specific users when a specific system event occurs.
To add and configure DRAC 5 users:
NOTE: You must have Configure DRAC 5 permission to perform the following steps.
1 Expand the System tree and click Remote Access .
2 Click the Configuration tab and then click Users .
The
Users page appears, which includes each user’s State , User Name, RAC
Privilege
, IPMI LAN Privilege , IPMI Serial Privilege and Serial Over LAN .
3 In the User ID column, click a user ID number.
4 On the User Main Menu page, you can configure users, upload a user
certificate, view an existing user certificate, upload a trusted certification
authority (CA) certificate, or view a trusted CA certificate.
If you select
Configure User and click Next , the User Configuration page
is displayed. See step 5 for more information.
See Table 5-1 if you select the options under the
Smart Card
Configuration
section.
5 In the User Configuration page, configure the user’s properties and privileges.
Table 5-2 describes the General settings for configuring a new or existing
DRAC user name and password.
Ta b le 5 - 3 describes the IPMI User Privileges for configuring the user’s
LAN privileges.
Ta b le 5 - 4 describes the User Group Permissions for the IPMI User
Privileges
and the DRAC User Privileges settings.