Product guide
86 Configuration Software and Utilities
87MAXDATA PLATINUM 90004R Server System
User Conguration Subtask
The User Conguration subtask provides a mechanism for conguring the user access to the LAN
and Serial/Modem channels. Some of the options presented in these views are dependent on how
the channels have been congured; therefore, the channels should be congured before you access
settings (this is not enforced by the software, though).
User Conguration Initial View
After clicking on the User Conguration subtask, the rst view displayed is shown in Figure 41. This
view displays an entry for each possible user that can be congured. This number is platform-specic
and is obtained by the SMU from the rmware. For the MAXDATA PLATINUM 9000-4R Server platform,
the number of users allowed is 4. This view shows whether a particular user is enabled or disabled
for channel access; whether a password is set for the user; and the privilege level the user has for
each of the available channels that supports sessions (users can only access channels that support
sessions). Sessions allow a framework for user authentication and allow multiple IPMI messaging
streams on a single channel.
Note that the rst user is always present and is used to support an anonymous login. The username
for this user is null (blank) and cannot be changed, so the user name shows the text “Anonymous
User.” The password is clear (null) by default but can be changed.
It is possible for multiple user entries to have the same username. One case where this might occur
is if a different password is desired for the same user on different channels. In this case, the privilege
level for the channel that is not to be accessed with the associated password should be set to “No
Access”. Otherwise, the rmware attempts to use the rst entry in the user table that it nds that
allows access to the specied channel and would expect the password associated with that entry to
be the one entered to gain access to the specied channel.
The settings shown in Figure 41 are explained in more detail in the next section.
Figure 41. User Configuration Main View