User's Manual

User Groups
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Users that have been added to the Rack Power Manager software system may be added to the
following two types of user groups:
• Built-In - The Rack Power Manager management software is delivered with six predefined
user groups: Appliance Administrators, Auditors, Rack Power Manager software
administrators, Everyone, User Administrators and Users. All users are automatically included
in the Everyone user group when they are added to the Rack Power Manager software
system. Users may be added to any of the other user groups. The privileges that a user has to
perform tasks on the Rack Power Manager software system is dependent on the built-in user
group to which the user is a member. See Built-in User Groups on page 43.
• User-defined - You may also define custom groups, based on any criteria you wish. For
example, you may want to define groups based on user administrators with read-only access,
software developers at a specific location, global network infrastructure personnel based on
job title and so on.
Built-in user groups appear in the User Groups - Built-in window and user-defined user groups
appear in the User Groups - User Defined window. The Preemption Level column will indicate
the preemption level of each user group. The windows may also display the following fields. Use
the Customize link to add or remove fields in the display: See Using the Customize link in
windows on page 30.
• Authentication Server - Name of the authentication server assigned to the user. See
Authentication Services on page 81.
• Role - Role of a user-defined user group, which may be None, User, Auditor, Appliance
Administrator, User Administrator or Rack Power Manager Administrator. The role column
for a built-in user group or a user-defined user group with a role of None will be empty.
• Type - Type of user group, which will be built-in or user-defined.
To display user groups:
1. Click the Users tab.