Managing Users and Groups

Table Of Contents

Managing Users and Groups

Managing User Groups

Adding User Groups

Deleting User Groups

Changing User Group Permissions

Managing Users

Adding Users

Deleting Users

Changing User Properties


Managing Users and Groups


This chapter describes how to configure and manage users, groups, and host access on the mobility services engine.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Managing User Groups

Managing Users

Managing User Groups

This section describes how to add, delete, and edit user groups.

User groups allow you to assign different access privileges to users.


Caution Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user full access and add that user to a group with read only access, that user will not be able to configure mobility services engine settings.

Adding User Groups

To add a user group to a mobility services engine, follow these steps:


Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine to which you want to add a user group.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Groups.

Step 4 Select Add Group from the Select a command drop-down menu and click Go.

Step 5 Enter the name of the group in the Group Name field.

Step 6 Select a permission level (read, write, or full) from the Permission drop-down menu.


Note Full Access is required for Cisco WCS to access mobility services engines.


Step 7 Click Save.


Deleting User Groups

To delete user groups from a mobility services engine, follow these steps:


Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine from which you want to delete a user group.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Groups.

Step 4 Check the check boxes of the groups that you want to delete.

Step 5 Select Delete Group from the Select a command drop-down menu and click Go.

Step 6 Click OK.


Changing User Group Permissions


Caution Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user full access and add that user to a group with only read access, that user will not be able to configure mobility services engine settings.

To change user group permissions, follow these steps:


Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine you want to edit.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Groups.

Step 4 Click the name of the group you want to edit.

Step 5 Select a permission level (read, write, full) from the Permission drop-down menu.

Step 6 Choose Save.


Managing Users

This section describes how to add, delete, and edit users for a mobility services engine. It also describes how to view active user sessions.

Adding Users


Caution Group permissions override individual user permissions. For example, if you give a user full access and add that user to a group with only read access, that user will not be able to configure mobility services engine settings.

To add a users to a mobility services engine, follow these steps:


Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine to which you want to add users.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Users.

Step 4 Select Add User from the Select a command drop-down menu and click Go.

Step 5 Enter the username in the Username field.

Step 6 Enter a password in the Password field.

Step 7 Enter the name of the group to which the user belongs in the Group Name field.

Step 8 Select a permission level (read, write, full) from the Permission drop-down menu.


Note Full access is required for Cisco WCS to access mobility services engines.


Step 9 Click Save.


Deleting Users

To delete a user from a mobility services engine, follow these steps:


Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine from which you want to delete a user.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Users.

Step 4 Check the check boxes of the users that you want to delete.

Step 5 Select Delete User from the Select a command drop-down menu and click Go.

Step 6 Click OK.


Changing User Properties

To change user properties, follow these steps:


Step 1 In Cisco WCS, choose Services > Mobility Services.

Step 2 Click the name of the mobility services engine you want to edit.

Step 3 Choose System > Accounts > Users.

Step 4 Click the name of the group that you want to edit.

Step 5 Make the required changes to the Password, Group Name, and Permission fields.

Step 6 Click Save.