Managing user accounts

You will need to use the local administrator account created during the initial setup step, or create administrator accounts using the procedures described in this chapter as needed to access the storage system temporarily when the management software is not available.

It is prudent to create more than one user account in case the system administrator is not available when the management software becomes unavailable, or when someone else needs to access the system. This is also helpful if multiple users need to access Device Manager - Storage Navigator to use storage features that are not available in the management software.

Parent Topic

• Setting up and managing user accounts

  After Device Manager - Storage Navigator has been set up on the SVP of your storage system, and the management clients are set up, you can create user accounts for Device Manager - Storage Navigator users and define their roles.

Child Topics

• Creating user accounts

  You must create a user account and register the account to a user group with appropriate permissions.

• Character restrictions for user names and passwords
• Changing user passwords

  You can change or reissue passwords for other users by using Device Manager - Storage Navigator.

• Changing user permissions
• Enabling or Disabling user accounts

  To allow or prevent a user from logging in to Device Manager - Storage Navigator and NAS Manager, follow the steps below.

• Deleting user accounts
• Releasing a user lockout