User administration — Add user

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User Name

Enter up to 16 characters to identify the user that you are creating.

Password

Enter a password for the user account that you are creating. The password must contain at least 5 alphabetic characters and at least one numeric character, with an alphabetic character in the first and last positions. Passwords are limited to a total of 16 characters. The user name cannot be part of the password. The minimum number of unique new passwords that must be used before an old password can be reused is four. This entry appears as asterisks.

Confirm password

Retype the password to confirm it. This entry must match the previous password entry. Characters in this field appear as asterisks.

Group assignment

Select to make assignments for the user account that you are creating. The user must be assigned to at least one group. Users can be assigned to multiple groups or combinations of groups. However, when a group with the label (only) is selected, any other selections are automatically unchecked.

Administrator (only)

Must be the only group assignment that is checked. This group has access to all service functions and DS6000™ resources.

Physical operator (only)

Must be the only group assignment that is checked. This group has access to all but Storage complex function. This group has access to service functions and resources relating to physical configuration, including storage complex, storage facility, storage facility image, arrays, ranks, and extent pools. This user group inherits the same authority as the logical operator group, Copy Services operator group, service group, and the monitor group. The physical operator group does not have access to security related functions.

Logical operator

Can be checked in combination with the Copy Services operator group, but not in combination with any other group. This group has access to service functions and resources relating to logical volumes, hosts, host ports, logical subsystems, logical volumes, and volume groups, excluding security functions. This user group inherits the same authority as the monitor group.

Copy Services operator

Can be checked in combination with the logical operator group, but not in combination with any other group. This group has access to all Copy Services service functions and resources, excluding security functions. This user group inherits all authority of the monitor group.

Monitor (only)

Must be the only group assignment that is checked. This group has access to all read-only, nonsecurity service functions and all DS6000 resources.

Service Operator

This group has access to all service related DS6000 service functions and resources (for example, performing a code load or retrieving problem logs). This user group inherits all authority of the monitor group.

No access (only)

The default selection. Must be the only group assignment that is checked. This group has no access to any service functions or DS6000 resources. This is the user group that is assigned to a user account that is not associated with any other user group.