User guide

15-2 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software Installation and User Guide
Administering EPICenter
Finally, the Administration applet provides an interface that allows an EPICenter
administrator to modify a number of properties that affect the performance and
configuration of the EPICenter server. These properties are stored in the EPICenter
database along with other EPICenter data.
Controlling EPICenter Access
The EPICenter server provides three levels of access to EPICenter functions:
• Monitor—users who can view status information and statistics.
• Manager—users who canmodifydeviceparametersas well as view statusinformation
and statistics.
• Administrator—users who can create, modify and delete user accounts as well as
perform all the functions of a user with Manager access.
The EPICenter server provides two default users:
• “admin” with Administrator access
• “user” with Monitor access
Thetwodefaultusersdonotinitially havepasswords.Allotherusernamesmust beadded
and enabled by an Administrator user.
Regardless of your access level, you can run the Administration applet and change your
own password. Users with Administrator accesscan add and delete users and assign user
access levels.
The EPICenter user accounts are separate from the Extreme switch user accounts.
You can configure both through the EPICenter software, or you can have switch
access independently of the EPICenter software.
ExtremeWare Software Access
Through the EPICenter software, two levels of access to Extreme switches can be enabled:
• User—users who can view device status information and statistics, but cannot modify
any parameters.
• Administrator—users who can modify device parameters as well as view status
information and statistics.