Managing Users

This chapter contains the following sections:

Adding a User

After creating a user, you can change the password, but you cannot change the roles assigned to the user.

Step 1

Navigate to the User Management tab under Administration and click + User to add a user.

Step 2

In the Add User window, complete the following fields:


Name	Description
Username field	The name that you want to assign to the user.
Password field	The password for the user. Passwords must be between 8 and 256 characters long, contain uppercase and lowercase characters, have at least one numeric character, and have at least one nonalphanumeric character.
Verify Password field	Verify the password by re-entering it.
Choose Role(s) drop-down list	Choose the role that you want to assign to the user. You can assign more than one role. It can be one of the following: Application User—Provides privileges that are defined in the specified application. Security—Provides privileges that are defined in the security application. Network Administrator—Provides full administrative privileges to all applications. Network Operator—Provides read-only privileges to all applications. Slice User—Provides access to a specified slice.
Enter a Role Name field	If you choose Application User, enter the name that you want to assign to the role.

Step 3

Click Save in the User Management window or click Cancel to cancel the action.

Step 1

Navigate to the User Management tab under Administration and click + Role.

Step 2

In the Add Role window, complete the following fields:


Field	Description
Name field	The name of the role.
Level drop-down list	Choose the level that you want to assign to the role. This can be one of the following: App-Administrator—Has full access to all Cisco Nexus Data Broker resources but the App-Administrator cannot add NXAPI or production devices into NDB because Administration tab is not available in NDB for App-Administrator role . App-User—Has full access to create, edit, clone, or delete connections and redirections that are assigned to his resource group and resources that are created by another user with similar permissions. An App-User can only view Edge-SPAN, Tap, Monitoring device, and Production ports. An App-User can view resources that are created by another user with similar permissions in Toplogy page of NDB. But, you can not configure Edge-SPAN or Connections created by another App-User.
Assign Group(s)	Assign groups to the selected role.

Step 3

Click save.

Step 1

Navigate to the User Management tab under Administration and click + Groups.

Step 2

In the Add Group window, complete the following field:


Field	Description
Resource Group Name	The name of the resource group.
Select Switch Node	Select a switch node from the drop-down list.
+ Assign Switch and Ports	Click + to add a new switch to the group.
Select Ports	Select the ports associated with the switch.
Assign Group to Roles	Assign a role to the group.

Step 3

Click Save.