Users Guide

26 Dell OpenManage™ Security
Security Management
Dell provides security and access administration through role-based access control (RBAC),
authentication, and encryption, or through Active Directory for both the Web-based and
command line interfaces.
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
RBAC manages security by determining the operations that can be executed by users in specific roles.
Each user is assigned one or more roles, and each role is assigned one or more user privileges that are
permitted to users in that role. With RBAC, security administration can correspond closely to
an organization's structure. For information about setting up Dell OpenManage users, see "Assigning
User Privileges."
User Privileges
Server Administrator grants different access rights based on the user's assigned group privileges. The
three user levels are User, Power User, and Administrator.
Users can view most information.
Power Users can set warning threshold values, run diagnostic tests, and configure which alert actions are
to be taken when a warning or failure event occurs.
Administrators can configure and perform shutdown actions, configure Auto Recovery actions in case a
system has a hung operating system, and clear hardware, event, and command logs. Administrators can
also send e-mail.
Server Administrator grants read-only access to users logged in with User privileges; read and write access
to users logged in with Power User privileges; and read, write, and administrator access to users logged in
with Administrator privileges. See Table 2-2.
Admin access allows you to shut down the managed system.
Write access allows you to modify or set the values on the managed system.
Read access allows you to view the data reported by Server Administrator. Read access does not allow you
to change or set the values on the managed system.
Table 2-2. User Privileges
User Privileges Access Type
Admin Write Read
User X
Power User X X
Administrator X X X