HP 3PAR InForm OS 3.1.1 Concepts Guide

3 HP 3PAR Storage System Users
User Accounts
In order to access an HP Storage System you must have a user account. Each InForm OS user is
assigned a role, and each role is assigned a set of rights. The roles and rights assigned to the user
determine which tasks the user can perform with a system. Assign roles to users based on the tasks
you intend the users to perform.
Eight roles are defined in the InForm OS. See Table 3 (page 19) for a description of each role.
There are four standard roles:
• Browse
• Edit
• Super
• Service
There are also four extended roles:
• Create
• Basic Edit
• 3PAR AO
• 3PAR RM
There is no functional difference between standard and extended roles. The extended roles define
a set of rights optimized for users with specialized or restricted tasks. For example, assigning a
user the Create role allows the user to create virtual volumes and other objects but does not allow
the user to remove virtual volumes. To maintain greater control over your system, assign users roles
with the minimum set of rights they need to perform their tasks. To view a list of roles and all of
the rights assigned to each role, see the HP 3PAR InForm OS CLI Administrator’s Manual.
User management tasks can be performed with both the HP 3PAR InForm Command Line Interface
(CLI) Software and the HP 3PAR InForm Management Console Software. Refer to the HP 3PAR
InForm OS CLI Administrator’s Manual and the HP 3PAR InForm Management Console Online
Help for instructions on how to perform user management tasks.
Table 3 InForm OS User Roles
Rights Assigned to RolesUser Roles
Rights are limited to read-only access.Browse
Rights are granted to most operations. For example,
creating, editing, and removing virtual volumes and other
objects.
Edit
Rights are granted to all operations.Super
Rights are limited to operations required to service the
system. Allows limited access to user information and user
group resources.
Service
Rights are limited to creating objects. For example, virtual
volumes, CPGs, hosts, and schedules.
Create
Rights are similar to the Edit role. For example, creating
and editing virtual volumes and other objects. The rights
Basic Edit
to remove objects are more restricted for the Basic Edit role
than the Edit role.
User Accounts 19