User Management

This chapter includes the following sections:

Managing UCS Central Users

From the UCS Central Users Administration Manage dialog box, you can configure users, roles, locales, and password profiles

Procedure

Step 1

Click the System Configuration icon and choose Users.

This launches the UCS Central Users Administration Manage dialog box.

Step 2

Click the icon for the section that you want to configure.

Step 3

Complete the fields as required for each section.

Step 4

Click Save.

Managing UCS Central Password Profile

Procedure

Step 1

In the Actions bar, type Manage UCS Central Password Profile and press Enter.

This launches the UCS Central Password Profile Manage dialog box.

Step 2

In Password Profile, choose whether to enable Password Strength Check.

Step 3

Select the minimum number of passwords before a user can reuse a previous password.

Step 4

Choose whether to enable Password Change During Interval.

Step 5

Select the Password Change Interval.

Step 6

Select the maximum number of passwords during the change interval.

This field is only visible if Password Change During Interval is set to Enabled.

Step 7

Click Save.

Managing UCS Central Roles

Procedure

Step 1

In the Actions bar, type Manage UCS Central Roles and press Enter.

This launches the UCS Central Roles Manage dialog box.

Step 2

In Roles, click Add to create a new role, or select an existing role.

Step 3

In the Network tab, click Add to update and add privileges.

Step 4

Select relevant privileges for the role.

Step 5

Click Apply to apply the new privileges.

Step 6

Update the Storage, Server, and Operations privileges for the role, in the same manner.

Step 7

Click Save.

Managing UCS Central Locales

Procedure

Step 1

In the Actions bar, type Manage UCS Central Locales and press Enter.

This launches the UCS Central Locales Manage dialog box.

Step 2

In Locales, click Add to add a new locale, or select an existing one.

Step 3

Assign Organizations and Domain Groups to the locale.

  1. Click Add to display the organizations or domain groups.

  2. Select the organizations or domain groups.

  3. Click Apply to apply the new privileges.

Step 4

Click Save.

Managing UCS Central Local Users

Procedure

Step 1

In the Actions bar, type Manage UCS Central Local Users and press Enter.

This launches the UCS Central Local Users Manage dialog box.

Step 2

In Local Users, click Add to create a new local user, or select an existing one.

Step 3

In the Basic tab, complete the necessary information for the user.

Step 4

In the Roles tab, add or remove the roles assigned to the user.

  1. Click Add to display the roles.

  2. Select a role or roles.

  3. Click Apply to apply the new privileges.

Step 5

In the Locales tab, add or remove the locales assigned to the user.

  1. Click Add to display the roles.

  2. Select a role or roles.

  3. Click Apply to apply the new privileges.

Step 6

In the SSH tab, select the Authentication Type.

Step 7

Click Save.

Managing UCS Central Remote Users

Procedure

Step 1

In the Actions bar, type Manage UCS Central Remote Users and press Enter.

This launches the UCS Central Remote Users Manage dialog box.

Step 2

In Remote Users, review the remote LDAP users, roles, and locales.

Note 

This section is read-only.

Step 3

Click Cancel to close the window, or Save to save any changes made in other sections.

Managing Domain Group Users

Procedure

Step 1

Click the Domain Group icon and choose root.

Step 2

Click the Settings icon and choose Users.

Step 3

In Roles, select roles to associate them with the domain group. Uncheck roles to disassociate them from the domain group.

Step 4

In the Network tab, click Add to update and add privileges.

  1. Click Add to display the organizations.

  2. Select relevant privileges for the role.

  3. Click Apply to apply the new privileges.

Step 5

Update the Storage, Server, and Operations privileges for the role, in the same manner.

Step 6

In Locales, select locales to associate them with the domain group. Uncheck roles to disassociate them from the domain group.

Step 7

Assign Organizations to the locale.

  1. Click Add to display the organizations.

  2. Select the organizations or domain groups.

  3. Click Apply to apply the new privileges.

Step 8

Click Save.