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.

Roles and Capabilities

Role

Capabilities

Security Administrator (View Only)

  • Viewing information about user accounts and encryption settings

  • Viewing information about encryption key in the key service processor

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 service processor

  • 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

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

  • Configuring tiering policies

Storage Administrator

(Provisioning)

  • Configuring caches

  • Configuring LDEVs, pools, and virtual volumes

  • Formatting and shredding LDEVs

  • Configuring external volumes

  • Configuring Dynamic Provisioning

  • Configuring host groups, paths, and WWN

  • Configuring Volume Migration except splitting Volume Migration pairs when using CCI

  • Configuring access attributes for LDEVs

  • Configuring LUN security

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 CCI

Storage Administrator

(Remote Copy)

  • Remote copy operations in general

Support Personnel

(Vendor Only)

Configuring service processor

  • Normally, this role is for Hitachi Data Systems service representative.

Support Personnel (User)

  • Viewing storage system status

  • OS security patch install operation

  • OSS updating operation

  • Basic maintenance operation