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The License menu displays the following tabs:
Tab |
Description |
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License Keys |
This tab displays the details of the license used in Cisco IMC Supervisor. You can also use this tab to update and upgrade the license. |
License Utilization |
This tab shows the licenses in use and details about each license, including license limit, available quantity, status, and remarks. License audits can also be run from this page. |
Resource Usage Data |
This tabs displays the details of the various resources used. |
The System menu displays the following tabs:
Tab |
Description |
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System Information |
Basic system information includes the system details such as name, IP address, uptime and so on. It also includes service status, database node information, memory capacity and usage, disk information and so on. |
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Mail Setup |
You can use this tab to set up SMTP configuration. |
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System Tasks |
This tabs displays all the system tasks. You can use this tab to manage any system task. |
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User Roles |
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Email Alert Rules |
Use this tab to set rules for email alerts from the system. You can set email alerts for faults of any severity. |
The Users menu displays the following tabs:
Tab |
Description |
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Login Users |
This tab displays all the user who can log in Cisco IMC Supervisor. You can also use this tab to create new users. |
Currently Online Users |
This tab displays all the users who are currently logged in Cisco IMC Supervisor. |
Login Page Branding |
This tab displays the customized login page for Cisco IMC Supervisor. You can also use this tab to create new login page with a domain and logo. |
Authentication Preferences |
You can use this tab to configure the authentication preference as Local Authentication, Local first, LDAP first, or VeriSign Identity Protection. |
LDAP Integration |
You can use this tab to view and configure LDAP settings. |
Password Policy |
You can use this tab to change the password policy for users. |
Integration menu displays the following tabs:
Tab |
Description |
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CMDB Integration Setup |
You can use this tab to configure the FTP settings. |
Change Records |
This tab displays the time stamp for the changes made in Cisco IMC Supervisor. |
User Interface Settings menu displays the following Fields:
Fields |
Description |
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Product Name field |
You can configure this field to change the title text at the far left corner of the header bar. |
Product Name 2nd Line field |
You can configure this field to change the text below the title at the far left corner of the header bar. |
Enable About Dialog checkbox |
You can configure this option to enable or disable About on the header bar. |
Administrator Portal | |
Custom Link 1 Lable field |
You can configure this field to change the text on header bar. |
Custom Link 1 URL field |
You can configure the URL for the Custom Link 1 Lable |
Custom Link 2 Lable field |
You can configure this field to change the text on header bar. |
Custom Link 2 URL field |
You can configure the URL for the Custom Link 2 Lable |
End-user Portal | |
Custom Link 1 Lable field |
You can configure this field to change the text on header bar. |
Custom Link 1 URL field |
You can configure the URL for the Custom Link 1 Lable |
Custom Link 2 Lable field |
You can configure this field to change the text on header bar. |
Custom Link 2 URL field |
You can configure the URL for the Custom Link 2 Lable |
You can use the Support Information menu to configure the type of support information displayed in Cisco IMC Supervisor.
Managing Licensing Information
You want to upgrade Cisco IMC Supervisor license.
Perform this procedure when you want to audit the license.
The license should be updated. To update the license, refer Updating the License.
Managing System Information
All outgoing emails from Cisco IMC Supervisor require an SMTP server.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the Mail Setup tab. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | In the
Mail
Setup pane, complete the following fields:
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Step 4 | Click Save. | ||||||||||||||||
Step 5 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Perform this procedure when you want to manage system task.
Note | It is not recommended to edit any of the system task. |
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the System Tasks tab. | ||||||||||||
Step 3 | Select a task from the list and click Manage Task. | ||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the
Manage
Task dialog box, complete the following:
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Step 5 | Click Submit. | ||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click OK. |
Each task is schedule to run at a user-defined time interval. However, you can override this and run it manually. After running a task manually, the task is then scheduled to run again as defined in the frequency column. Perform this procedure when you want to run a system task manually.
Perform this procedure to configure email alerts for various faults. With this setting, the intended recipients receive an email with a consolidated list of faults that have been recorded on all servers.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the Email Alert Rules tab. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Settings. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | In the
Email
Alert Rule Settings dialog box, complete the following:
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Step 5 | Click Submit. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Managing User Roles
By default, an operator role and an administrator role is available in Cisco IMC Supervisor. Perform this procedure when you want to add a new user role.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | Click the User Roles tab. | ||||||||
Step 3 | Click Add. | ||||||||
Step 4 | In the
Add User
Role dialog box, complete the following for
User
Role pane:
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Step 5 | Click Next. | ||||||||
Step 6 | In theMenu Settings pane, choose the required menu options. To choose the menu option, check the checkbox against the menu setting field. | ||||||||
Step 7 | Click Next. | ||||||||
Step 8 | In theUser Permissions pane, choose the required operations. To choose the operation, check the checkbox against the operation. | ||||||||
Step 9 | Click Submit. | ||||||||
Step 10 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Perform this procedure to edit an existing user role.
You should have an existing user role.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||
Step 2 | Click the User Roles tab. | ||
Step 3 | From the list of user roles, select the user role you want to edit. | ||
Step 4 | Click
Edit.
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Step 5 | Click
Next.
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Step 6 | Click Next. | ||
Step 7 | In theMenu Settings pane, check or uncheck the checkbox against the menu setting field as per requirement. | ||
Step 8 | Click Next. | ||
Step 9 | In theUser Permissions pane, check or uncheck the checkbox against the operation field as per requirement. | ||
Step 10 | Click Submit. | ||
Step 11 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Perform this procedure to clone an existing user role.
You should have an existing user role.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||
Step 2 | Click the User Roles tab. | ||||||||
Step 3 | From the list of user roles, select the user role you want to clone. | ||||||||
Step 4 | Click
Clone.
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Step 5 | In the
Clone
User Role dialog box, complete the following for
User
Role pane:
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Step 6 | Click Next. | ||||||||
Step 7 | In theMenu Settings pane, check or uncheck the checkbox against the menu setting field as per requirement. | ||||||||
Step 8 | Click Next. | ||||||||
Step 9 | In theUser Permissions pane, check or uncheck the checkbox against the operation field as per requirement. | ||||||||
Step 10 | Click Submit. | ||||||||
Step 11 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Perform this procedure to delete an existing user role.
You should have an existing user role.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||
Step 2 | Click the User Roles tab. | ||
Step 3 | From the list of user roles, select the user role you want to delete. | ||
Step 4 | Click
Delete.
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Step 5 | In the Delete User Role dialog box, click Submit. | ||
Step 6 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Managing Users
Managing Login Users
Perform this procedure when you want to add a new login user.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the Login Users tab. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Add. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the
Add
User dialog box, complete the following:
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Step 5 | Click Add. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Step 6 | Click OK. |
Perform this procedure when you want to edit a login user.
The login user group has already been created under Login Users.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the Login Users tab. | ||||||||||||||
Step 3 | From the list of login users, select the user you want to edit. | ||||||||||||||
Step 4 | Click Edit. | ||||||||||||||
Step 5 | In the
Edit
User dialog box, complete the following:
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Step 6 | Click Save. | ||||||||||||||
Step 7 | Click OK. |
Perform this procedure when you want to delete a login user.
The login user group has already been created under Login Users.
Perform this procedure when you want to change the password for a login user.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | Click the Login Users tab. | ||||||
Step 3 | From the list of user, select the user role for which you want to change the password. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click Change Password. | ||||||
Step 5 | In the
Change
Password dialog box, complete the following:
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Step 6 | Click Save. | ||||||
Step 7 | Click OK. |
Managing Branding Page
Perform this procedure when you want to add a new login user.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | Click the Login Page Branding tab. | ||||||
Step 3 | Click Add. | ||||||
Step 4 | In the
Domain
Branding dialog box, complete the following:
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Step 5 | Click Submit. | ||||||
Step 6 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Perform this procedure when you want to edit the logo of a branding page. You cannot change the name of a branding page.
You should have a user defined branding page already created.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||
Step 2 | Click the Login Page Branding tab. | ||
Step 3 | From the list of branding pages, select the page you want to edit. | ||
Step 4 | Click
Edit.
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Step 5 | In the
Domain
Branding dialog box, complete the following:
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Step 6 | Click Submit. | ||
Step 7 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Perform this procedure when you want to clone a branding page.
You should have a user defined branding page already created.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||
Step 2 | Click the Login Page Branding tab. | ||||||
Step 3 | From the list of branding pages, select the page you want to clone. | ||||||
Step 4 | Click
Clone.
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Step 5 | In the
Domain
Branding dialog box, complete the following:
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Step 6 | Click Submit. | ||||||
Step 7 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Perform this procedure when you want to change the login authentication type.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | From the
Authentication Preferences drop-down list choose the
authentication type.
The following options are available:
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Step 3 | If you select
Verisign Identity Protection, complete the following steps:
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Step 4 | Click Save. |
You can use LDAP integration to synchronize the LDAP server’s users with Cisco IMC Supervisor. LDAP authentication enables synchronized users to authenticate with the LDAP server. You can synchronize LDAP users automatically or manually. In addition, LDAP synchronization is also available as a system task. When new organizational units (OU) are added in the LDAP directory, and a synchronization process is run, either manually or automatically, the recently added LDAP users are displayed in Cisco IMC Supervisor.
You cannot choose users that exist locally or are synchronized externally in Cisco IMC Supervisor.
User Synchronization Rules
If a chosen LDAP user already exists in Cisco IMC Supervisor and the source is type Local, the user is ignored during synchronization.
If a user account is created in two different LDAP directories, then the user details of the LDAP directory that was synchronized first is displayed. The user details from the other LDAP directory is not displayed.
After LDAP directories are synchronized, the LDAP external users must login to Cisco IMC Supervisor
by specifying the complete domain name along with the user name. For example, vxedomain.cisco.com\username.User Synchronization Limitations
If a user has multiple group membership, that user has single group membership in Cisco IMC Supervisor.
Note | Be sure that the user is assigned to the correct group after the LDAP synchronization process. |
You can only modify the following details for a configured LDAP server:
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||
Step 2 | Click the LDAP Integration tab and select an LDAP account. | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Click Modify. | ||||||||||
Step 4 | In the
Modify
LDAP Server Configuration pane, edit the following fields:
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Step 5 | Click Next. | ||||||||||
Step 6 | In the LDAP Search Base pane, click Select to specify LDAP search base entries and click Select. | ||||||||||
Step 7 | Click Submit. |
Deleting an LDAP server account only results in deleting the search criteria, BaseDNs, and system entries related to this LDAP server. Users attached to the LDAP server are not deleted.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | Choose the LDAP Integration tab. |
Step 3 | Choose an LDAP account name from the table. |
Step 4 | Click Delete. |
Step 5 | In the confirmation dialog box, click Delete. |
Step 6 | Click
OK.
This initiates the deletion of the LDAP account in Cisco IMC Supervisor. Based on the number of users in the LDAP account, this deletion process could take a few minutes to complete. During such time, the LDAP account may still be visible in Cisco IMC Supervisor. Click Refresh to ensure that the account has been deleted. |
Perform this procedure when you want to change the users password policy.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . |
Step 2 | Click the Password Policy tab. |
Step 3 | For the Minimum Password Length, choose a value from the drop-down list. |
Step 4 | For the Maximum Password Length, choose a value from the drop-down list. |
Step 5 | For the Minimum Character Classes, choose a value from the drop-down list. |
Step 6 | (Optional)If checked, Disallow Login in Password checkbox will not allow users to use the login text as password. |
Step 7 | (Optional)If checked, Disallow Previouis Password checkbox will not allow users to use the same password again while changing the password. |
Step 8 | (Optional)For Disallow Password that match Regular Expression, enter common expressions which you do not want users to choose as password. Prefix each expression with #. |
Step 9 | Click Submit. |
Step 10 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
Managing Integration
The Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is used to track and manage changes in the system. CMDB typically displays ADD, DELETE, or MODIFY event types on resources such as service requests, groups, and so on.
Perform this procedure when you want to configure or change CMDB integration settings.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose Administration > Integration. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Choose the
CMDB
Integration Setup tab and complete the following fields:
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Step 3 | Click Save. |
Cisco IMC Supervisor can store up to 10000 audit logs. If the number of logs exceed 10000 logs, then theCMDB 10K Records Purge Task, which runs every 24 hours, purges the old logs.
Perform this procedure when you want to view audit logs.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose Administration > Integration. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | Choose the
Change
Records tab.
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You can use this procedure to update the header title and other header options on the Cisco IMC Supervisor.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the
User
Interface Settings window, complete the following:
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Step 3 | Click Save. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the confirmation dialog box, click OK. |
You can use this procedure to view the support information for Cisco IMC Supervisor.
Ensure that the pop-up blocker is disabled for your web browser.
Step 1 | From the menu bar, choose . | |||||||||||||||||||
Step 2 | In the
Support
Information window, you can view:
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