User's Manual

Rack Power Manager software internal, RADIUS, LDAP, Windows NT or Active
Directory authentication services
To add a user-defined user group:
1. Click the Users tab. Click Groups in the top navigation bar. Click User-Defined in the side
navigation bar. The User Groups - User Defined window will open.
2. Click Add. The Add User Group wizard will appear.
3. The Select Authentication Service window will open. This window lists all authentication
services that may be used to authenticate the user group when the user logs in. See
Authentication Services on page 81.
Click on the name of an authentication service and then click Next.
• If you selected Rack Power Manager Internal as the authentication service, go to step
4.
• If you selected any other type of authentication service, go to step 5.
NOTE: If you are adding a group to the TACACS+ authentication service, see TACACS+ external authentication
services on page 226 for more information.
4. The Type in Internal Group Name window will open. Type the name for the new user
group you wish to create. User-defined user group names are case-preserving and may
contain up to 256 characters. Go to step 7.
NOTE: When access rights are assigned to internal user groups, the internal group users must also be members of
a built-in user group to define their role in the Rack Power Manager software. See Built-in User Groups on page 43.
5. The Specify External Group window opens. Complete one of the following steps, then
click Next:
• Click Specify a group on external authentication service and type the name of the
group in the field.
User group names may contain up to 256 non-case sensitive characters. User
group names are case-preserving if the user group on the external
authentication server is case sensitive. See Group naming in external
authentication services on page 224.
• Click Import the external group - Everyone to consider any user on the external
authentication server as a member of this user group.
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