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

  • Configuring tiering policies

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 CCI

  • 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 CCI

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