Adding a user

Introduction

You must have administrator authority to add a user.

Fields

The following fields can be updated:

User Name

Enter the name of the user.

New Password

Enter a password for the user. Passwords can be strings of 6 - 8 ASCII characters. The following characters can be used: a - z, A - Z, 0 - 9, -, ., /, or _.

Re-Enter New Password

Enter the same password.

Choose a Role

Select the role to associate with this user. The following values are possible:

Administrator

Select this role if you want this user to be able to view the Clusters panel and launch the SAN Volume Controller Console for clusters, change the passwords, and issue any command-line interface (CLI) command.

Service

Select this role if you want the user to view the View Clusters panel, launch the SAN Volume Controller Console, view the progress of actions on clusters with the View Progress panel, and change the password. A user with this role can only issue information and service CLI commands.

Operator

Select this role if you want the user to control all existing FlashCopy®, Metro Mirror, and Global Mirror relationships. However, the user cannot create or delete FlashCopy mappings and consistency groups nor can the user create or delete Metro Mirror or Global Mirror relationships and consistency groups. This user cannot access any actions outside of the available actions for existing FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, and Global Mirror relationships.

Monitor

Select this role if you want the user to access all viewing actions for a cluster. However, the user cannot access any actions that change the state of the cluster or the resources that the cluster manages.

Actions

The following actions are available:

OK

Click this button to add a user.

Cancel

Click this button to exit the panel without adding a user.