An administrative user can choose the “Users and groups” option from the OSD Configuration menu to configure users, groups, and KVM port permissions.The following figure displays the Users and Groups screen.When “Users and Groups” is selected, the “Choose an option” screen appears, as shown in the following screen example. The “Local Users” option is for configuring users; the “Local Groups’ option is for configuring groups, and the “User Access Lists” option is for configuring users’ and groups’ access to KVM ports.The following diagram lists the configuration screens accessed through the Configure>Users and Groups options:The following table shows the configuration screens that appear when the “Local Users” option is selected from the Users and Groups menu under Configure in the OSD.
User Database Enter the username Appears only when “Add User” is selected. Options are: “Regular User” and “Admin user.” Enter the passwordConfirm the password Appears only when “Add User” or “Change Password” are selected. Note: Passwords are case sensitive.When the password is successfully confirmed, the following dialog box appears. Appears only when “Change Password” or “Delete User” are selected. When “Delete User” and then a username are selected, a confirmation screen like the following appears:The following table shows the configuration screens that appear when the “Local Groups” option is selected from the Users and Groups menu under Configure in the OSD.
Options are “Add group,” “Add user to group,” “Del. user from group,” “Delete group,” and Exit Enter the group name When “Add group” is selected. After the group name is entered, a confirmation screen like the following appears. Enter the username When “Add user” or “Add user to group” are selected. To add multiple users, use a comma to separate each username.When the user is successfully added, the following confirmation screen appears. Delete user from group When “Del user from group” and a username are selected, the user is removed from the group, and the following confirmation screen appears: Delete group select group When “Delete group” and a group name are selected, the following confirmation screen appears.An administrative user can use the User Access Lists menu to view and change KVM port access permissions for the Default User and all administratively-configured users and groups. See Understanding KVM Port Permissions for details.The following table shows the configuration screens related to setting KVM port access permissions when the “User Access List” option is selected from the Users and Groups menu under Configure in the OSD.
User Access List KVM Port Permissions Configuration Screens [OSD] (Sheet 1 of 3) “[Generic Users]” and any administratively-defined users and groups are listed, along with the “Exit” option.The Generic Users’ permissions apply to all users except for “admin” and any users in the “admin” group. By default, the Generic Users’ default permission is “No Access,” and no KVM port permissions are defined. Therefore, by default, any regular users that may be added cannot access any KVM ports. The OnSite administrator can configure access to KVM ports for added regular users by:
• By selecting “[Generic Users]” and modifying the permissions that apply to all users who have not been configured with specific permissions
• By configuring specific permissions for one or more individual users or groups (by selecting a single port or the “Multiple servers” option)Note: The KVM port access permissions for “admin” or for anyone in the admin group cannot be changed. The “admin” is not listed, but if any other administrative user’s username is selected, the following screen displays: The access list includes the “Reset all,” “Default,” “Multiple servers,” and “Exit” options along with individual KVM ports.The “Default” option defines access permissions for all KVM ports, which apply unless the user has specific access permissions for any KVM ports.For a new user, because “Default Access,” is not defined, and also because no permissions are specified for that user’s access to any specific port, the Generic Users’ permissions apply.A series of three checkboxes appear to the right of each entry that has specific permissions (as defined in the following row). If a port has “No Access” defined, the checkboxes are empty. The headings for the checkboxes are: rwp for read, write, and power, and the boxes are checked appropriately when any of these permissions are defined. For example, in the screen to the left, the r and w boxes are checked next to “Port_1” and “Port_2,” which indicates that the user has read-write access to these ports. Permissions for username: port_number or for username: followed by another Access list option, such as “Default” or “Multiple Servers” The permissions from this menu can be configured to be “Default” permissions for all ports, applied to Multiple Servers, or applied to a selected port.Permissions options are “No Access,” Read-Only,” “Read Write,” “Read/Write/Power,” and “Default.” When “Default” was selected on the previous menu, the “Not Defined” option also appears on the menu.