User's Manual

NOTE: A service account may only be created if you selected the Rack Power Manager software internal
authentication service in step 3.
d. Click Next. Go to step 6.
5. The Specify User Name window will open.
If you selected RADIUS, TACACS+ or RSA SecurID in step 3:
a. Enable the Specify user on external authentication service radio button.
b. Type the username that is configured on the RADIUS, TACACS+ or RSA SecurID
server.
c. Click Next.
If you selected any other type of external authentication service in step 3, you may
either specify the username or find the user on the external authentication service.
• To specify the user, enable the Specify user on external authentication service radio
button and type the name of the user. Then click Next.
Usernames may contain up to 256 characters. Usernames may or may not be
case sensitive, depending on the requirements of the external authentication
server.
• To find the user, enable the Find user on external authentication service radio button.
The Select User from External Authentication Service window will open.
If the list of users contains more than 5000 entries, a message will indicate
that not all items are displayed. You may filter the list by using the Filter
button and the adjacent text field. Specifying a username in the text field will
return all valid matches. If filtering on another item (such as full name), you
must include a wildcard. See Filtering information in a window on page 29.
Select one or more users from the list, then click Next.
6. Assign the user to user groups from the Available Groups list, which includes all built-in
and user-defined groups. Select one or more groups and click Add. The group names will
move to the Member Of list, and the new user(s) will be added to those groups. Click Next.
7. From the Preemption Levels menu, select a preemption level from 1-4; the higher the
number, the higher the preemption level.
8. Click Finish. The user(s) have been added.
The Rack Power Manager software obtains external group membership and external user
information when a user logs in. If a user’s group membership changes or the user is deleted
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