Roles

The following table shows all the roles that are available for use and the permissions that each role provides to the users. You cannot create a custom role.

Role

Capabilities

Security Administrator (View Only)

  • Viewing information about user accounts and encryption settings
  • Viewing information about the encryption key in the key SVP

Security Administrator (View & Modify)

  • Configuring user accounts
  • Creating encryption keys and configuring encryption settings
  • Viewing and switching where encryption keys are generated
  • Backing up and restoring encryption keys
  • Deleting encryption keys backed up in the key SVP
  • Viewing and changing the password policy for backing up encryption keys on the management client
  • Connection to the external server
  • Backing up and restoring connection configuration to the external server
  • Configuring the certificate used for the SSL communication
  • Configuring the fibre channel authentication (FC-SP)
  • Configuring resource groups
  • Editing virtual management settings
  • Setting reserved attributes for global-active device

Audit Log Administrator (View Only)

  • Viewing audit log information and downloading audit logs

Audit Log Administrator (View & Modify)

  • Configuring audit log settings and downloading audit logs

Storage Administrator (View Only)

  • Viewing storage system information

Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration)

  • Configuring settings for storage systems
  • Configuring settings for SNMP
  • Configuring settings for e-mail notification
  • Configuring settings for license keys
  • Viewing, deleting, and downloading storage configuration reports
  • Acquiring all the information about the storage system and updating Device Manager - Storage Navigator window by clicking Refresh All

Storage Administrator (System Resource Management)

  • Configuring settings for CLPR
  • Configuring settings for MP unit
  • Deleting tasks and releasing exclusive locks of resources
  • Configuring LUN security
  • Configuring Server Priority Manager

Storage Administrator (Provisioning)

  • Configuring caches
  • Configuring volumes, pools, and virtual volumes
  • Formatting and shredding volumes
  • Configuring external volumes
  • Configuring Dynamic Provisioning
  • Configuring host groups, paths, and WWN
  • Configuring Volume Migration except splitting Volume Migration pairs when using RAID Manager
  • Configuring access attributes for volumes
  • Configuring LUN security
  • Creating and deleting quorum disk used with global-active device
  • Creating and deleting global-active device pairs

Storage Administrator (Performance Management)

  • Configuring monitoring
  • Starting and stopping monitoring

Storage Administrator (Local Copy)

  • Performing pair operations for local copy
  • Configuring environmental settings for local copy
  • Splitting Volume Migration pairs when using RAID Manager

Storage Administrator (Remote Copy)

  • Remote copy operations in general
  • Operating global-active device pairs (except for creation and deletion)

Support Personnel (Vendor Only)

Configuring the SVP

  • Normally, this role is for service representatives.

Support Personnel (User)

  • Viewing storage system status
  • Installing OS security patches
  • Updating operating systems
  • Performing basic maintenance