User guide

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide 15-1
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Administering EPICenter
This chapter describes how to use the Administration applet for the following:
• Changing your own user password, for users without Administration access
• Adding and deleting EPICenter users
• Setting and modifying user permissions for both the EPICenter and ExtremeWare
software
• Configuring the EPICenter server as a RADIUS client or a RADIUS server for user
authentication
• Modifying EPICenter server properties to change settings such as polling rates,
time-outs, port assignments and other similar settings
• SettingtheEPICenterserverintoScalablemodeorbacktoregularmode
Overview of User Administration
In order to log into theEPICenter serverand useitsmanagement features,you must have
a user name and password. An EPICenter administrator can create and modify EPICenter
user accounts, passwords, and account permissions through the Administration applet.
Individual users, regardless of their access permissions, can change their own password
using the Administration applet.
TheEPICenterserveranditsRemoteAuthenticationDialInUserService(RADIUS)server
can be used for user authentication, both for EPICenter server access and Extreme
Networks switch access. The Administration applet provides an interface for configuring
the RADIUS server.