User Guide

4. Select a user under the User name column.
5. Click Edit under User in the Actions column.
6. Click Change Password.
7. Enter a new password.
8. Confirm the new password. Click OK.
9. The Change password was successful message opens. Click OK.
Roles
Roles are managed from User Management in the primary menu, are related to permissions and contain rights,
collection and targets associations.
To add a role:
1. Select User Management from the primary menu.
2. Click Permissions in the secondary menu.
3. In the lower pane, under Roles Management, Actions, select New.
4. Enter a name for the new role in the name field.
5. Click Available Rights in the left tree.
6. Expand the Avocent Data Center Management option.
7. Expand the appropriate option for Collection, Project or Plan.
8. Enable the appropriate boxes to assign to the new role, and click OK.
9. The associated rights are displayed in the Rights column.
To edit a role:
The Avocent Administrator role cannot be edited.
1. Select the role to be edited, and click Edit under Actions.
2. Change the name or click Available Rights in the left tree.
3. Expand the Avocent Data Center Management option.
4. Expand the appropriate option for Collection, Project or Plan.
5. Enable or disable the appropriate boxes to edit the role, and click OK.
6. The new associated rights are displayed in the Rights column.
To delete a role:
The Avocent Administrator role cannot be deleted.
1. Select the role to be deleted, and click Delete under Actions.
2. A confirmation message displays. Click Yes to delete the role.
To copy a role:
1. Select the role to be copied, and click Copy under Actions.
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