Users Guide
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Access control
This chapter provides information about access control in Dell OpenManage Power Center, including:
• Log in/Log out — Log into OpenManage Power Center by entering user account credentials.
• User/Role/Privilege Management — After logging in, you can manage user accounts from the Settings
→ Users screen of the management console. OpenManage Power Center provides role-based access
control; to use these controls, set up roles first, and then define the privileges for each role. Then, you
can set up OpenManage Power Center accounts and assign them to different roles.
• Licensing — OpenManage Power Center requires a valid license. Once the trial license expires, you
may have to import a permanent license.
About authentication
OpenManage Power Center supports both OpenMange Power Center users and Windows and Linux
users.
For cross-domain authentication, domains must be two-way transitively trusted by the domain in which
the OpenMange Power Center server is installed. Authentication of user accounts in domains that are
one-way trusted or not trusted by the domain in which the OpenManage Power Center server is installed
is not supported and may fail.
NOTE: The password must be a minimum of eight characters, with characters from at least three of
the following categories: uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and non-alphanumeric. The password can
include spaces.
Logging in
Dell OpenManage Power Center supports both OpenManage Power Center-managed users and
authenticated Windows and Linux users.
Logging in with a user name and password
To log into Dell OpenManage Power Center with a user name and password, use one of the following
accounts:
• Power Center Account — You can create this account in OpenManage Power Center. When logging
into OpenManage Power Center for the first time, you must use the Power Center user account
created during installation.
NOTE: Before logging into OpenManage Power Center using either the Windows domain or the
Windows local account, you must add the account into OpenManage Power Center by
accessing the Settings → Users screen. For further information, see Adding A User Account.
NOTE: You cannot log into OpenManage Power Center using SSO on the OpenManage Power
Center server. You only can log into OpenManage Power Center using SSO remotely.
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