Users Guide

OpenManage Enterprise
features
User levels for accessing OpenManage Enterprise
Admin Device Manager Viewer
Deploy OS Y Y N
Power control Y Y N
Manage reports Y Y N
Manage templates Y Y N
Set up the OpenManage
Enterprise appliance
Y N N
Manage discovery Y N N
Manage groups Y N N
Refresh inventory Y N N
Set up security Y N N
Manage traps Y N N
Related tasks
Deploying and managing OpenManage Enterprise
Related reference
OpenManage Enterprise user role types
Add and edit OpenManage Enterprise users
NOTE:
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based
OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.
NOTE: AD and LDAP directory users can be imported and assigned one of the OpenManage Enterprise roles (Admin,
DeviceManager, or Viewer). The Single-Sign-On (SSO) feature stops at login to the console. Actions run on the devices
require a privileged account on the device.
This procedure is specific to only adding and editing the local users. While editing local users, you can edit all the user properties. However,
for directory users, only the role and device groups (in the case of a Device Manager) can be edited. For adding Directory users, see Add
or edit Active Directory groups to be used with Directory Services.
1. Click Users > Add.
2. In the Add New User dialog box:
a) Enter the user credentials.
The username must contain only alphanumeric characters (but underscore is allowed) and the password must contain at least one
character in: uppercase, lowercase, digit, and special character.
b) From the User Role drop-down menu, select a role:
• Administrator: Has unlimited access to configure and manage all devices and device groups managed by OpenManage
Enterprise. Grants access to Device Manager to manage device groups.
• Device Manager: Manages OpenManage Enterprise and designated devices and groups. Administrator must assign groups
before they can be managed by the Device Manager. For more information, see Role-based OpenManage Enterprise user
privileges. Any number of groups can be assigned to a DM. When selected, the Select Groups link is displayed. Select the
device group that the new user must manage. For information about selecting groups, see Select device groups for Group
Manager.
• Viewer: Can only view info about all the groups and devices. However, role permissions restrict the tasks a user perform on
the devices.
By default, the Enabled check box is selected to indicate that the user privileges currently being set up are enabled for a user.
3. Click Finish.
A message is displayed that the user is successfully saved. A job is started to create a new user. After running the job, the new user is
created and displayed in the list of users.
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Managing OpenManage Enterprise appliance settings