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To download the security package so that the client/server connection, that is, the PC to
HMC, is secure, type in the following address in your Web Browser:
hostname/remote_client_security.html
Once again you choose whether you want the Windows based version or the Linux based
version.
7.2.3 Object Manager Security
The HMC Object Manager Security mode can be configured as either Plain Socket or Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL). By default, the Plain Sockets mode is used. For SSL mode, the Object
Manager reuses the HMC System manager server’s private key ring. The server private ring
and the Certificate Authority’s public key ring must be installed when establishing the SSL
connection.
7.3 HMC User Management
The HMC management option allows you to create and manage HMC user profiles and to
configure the HMC. Some of this configuration is done when the setup wizard is initially run to
set up the HMC. The options under HMC Management allow you to go in and modify the
configuration that was initially set up.
7.3.1 HMC Users
To use this function, select HMC Management → HMC Users.
This option allows you to perform the following functions for users:
򐂰 Creating a user
򐂰 Editing user information
򐂰 Viewing user information
򐂰 Deleting a user
򐂰 Changing passwords
You must be the system administrator to perform the functions listed above. Each HMC user
can be a member of one to six different roles. Each of these roles allows the user to access
different parts of the HMC. The user roles as specified by the HMC are as follows:
򐂰 Super Administrator
򐂰 Operator
򐂰 Service Representative
򐂰 Product Engineer
򐂰 Viewer
Each role is described in the following sections.
Super Administrator
The super administrator acts as the root user, or manager of the HMC system. The super
administrator has unrestricted authority to access and modify most of the HMC system.
Operator
An operator is responsible for the daily system operation.