Users Guide
OMNM Administrative Tools | Getting Started
OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide 25
Admin users on the OpenManage Network Manager pages, or for users who have the portlet on
their Public or Private pages (which makes them the owner of that instance). Without
OpenManage Network Manager portlets, URLs for pages labeled public are accessible even to users
who do not log in.
Some portlets provide extra settings—for example Alarms portlet’s charting options, or the
Top N
portlets number of Top Items. These persist too.
NOTE:
Max Items, Max Items Per Page and Columns persist for both the summary and maximized portlets
independently. For example: If Max Items is 50 in minimized mode it does not affect the Max Items in the
Maximized window state. This lets you configure modes independently.
OpenManage Network Manager remembers the default sort column and order per user, whether
the user has Admin rights or not. The Sort Column/Order (Descending/Ascending) is also shared
between both summary and maximized portlets. A sort on IP Address in Resources persists if you
expand the summary portlet to maximized mode.
The
My Public
and
My Private
pages do not appear in sites that have Multitenancy enabled unless
you access them through Portal > Sites in the Control Panel. These pages are unrelated to user-
specific pages in non-Multitenant installations. They refer to the site, not the user. Refer to the
Installation Guide
for more information about Multitenancy.
In any case, the administrative user can re-arrange pages and portlets in a way that persists. Non-
administrative users typically cannot do this.
Portal > Roles
Roles determine the applications permissions available to users assigned them; manage them in the
Portal > Roles
screen. Notice that these permissions are for the web portal’s open source
capabilities. You can click the
Actions
button to the right of listed Roles to change a role’s portal
capabilities. To configure OpenManage Network Manager’s functional permissions, over and above
portal capabilities, use the editor described in
Redcell > Permission Manager
on page 27.
Click
Add
to create a
Regular Role, Site Role,
or
Organizational Role.
A
Regular Role
assigns its
permissions to its members. A
Site
or
Organizational Role
assigns portal permissions to a site or
organization to which you can assign users. Other than for
Regular Role
, however, only web portal
permissions (not OpenManage Network Manager permissions) are available for
Site Roles
and
Organizational Roles
. Only
Regular Role
s restrict a user’s OpenManage Network Manager
abilities.
Click the
Action
button to the right of a role to
Edit,
view or alter
Permissions, Assign Members
(this last works to see and assign users)
. Y
ou can also assign role members
in the
Portal > Users and
Organizations
user editor
.
NOTE:
Owner Roles do not have an Action button. Owner implies something you have added or created and so
actions do not apply.
Notice also that when you
Assign Members,
a screen appears with tabs where you can assign
Users,
Sites, Organizations
and
User Roles.
Typical best practice is to assign users to one of these
collective designations, then assign the collection to a Role.
Notice also that you can view both
Current
and
Available
members with those sub-tabs. You can
even
Search
for members.
Click
Back
(in the upper right corner) or the
View All
tab to return to the screen listing roles and
their
Action
buttons.