7. Administration (continued)
7.3.5 User Management
The User Management page allows administrators to Add, Edit and Delete User and Administrator accounts. Up to 64 accounts can be established, with any combination of Administrators and Users. The Port Access settings can not be configured using the Web Management Interface, and must be configured via the Remote OSD.
•To add a new account, fill in the account information and click the Add button. The new account shows up in the list.
•To edit an existing account, highlight it in the list, and then update the account information that appears on the right side of the page. When all information has been updated, click on the Update button.
•To delete an existing account, highlight it in the list and click the
Remove button. When clicking the Remove button, you are not asked to confirm whether you want to delete the selected account. It is automatically deleted.
•To clear the account information on the right side of the page without affecting the selected account, click the Reset button. In addition to clearing all account information, this
•When you are done adding, updating or removing information from the User Management page, click the Apply button to apply your changes.
7.3.6 Customization
The Customization screen allows administrators to configure settings related to KVM operation. The sections that follow discuss the settings you will find on this page.
The table describes the account information fields and settings that are found in the User Management page.
Setting | Description |
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Username | Enter the account username here. A minimum of 6 and |
| a maximum of 16 characters are allowed. |
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Password | Enter the account password here. A minimum of 6 and |
| a maximum of 16 characters are allowed. |
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Confirm | |
Password | do not match, you will be prompted to |
| password. |
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Description | Additional information about the user that you may |
| wish to include (optional). |
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Admin | Check this option to give the account Administrator |
| access rights. Administrators have access to all |
| features and configuration settings of the KVM. |
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User | Check this option to give the account User access |
| rights. Users have access to both the Windows Client |
| and Java Client, but do not have access to the Log |
| Server or Configuration Settings. |
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Select | Check this option to Select the account access rights |
| yourself. (See Permissions below for details.) |
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Permissions
The following permissions are included in the User Management page, and determine what access rights are available to each account:
•Win Client: When selected, the corresponding account can access the KVM switch using the Windows Client in the Web Management Interface and the
•Java Applet: When selected, the corresponding account can access the KVM switch using the Java Applet in the Web Management Interface and the
•Log: When selected, the corresponding account can access the Log File included in the Web Management Interface.
•Configure: When selected, the corresponding account can access the Administrator settings in the Local Console OSD, Remote OSD and Web Management Interface.
Client Timeout Control
If there is no keyboard/mouse input for the amount of time specified here, the
Note: The Timeout function can only be set in the Web Management Interface and the Local Console OSD.
Login Failure
•Allowed: Enter into this field the number of unsuccessful login attempts that will be allowed from a remote computer.
•Timeout (minutes): Enter into this field the number of minutes a user must wait before attempting to log in again after exceeding the maximum number of unsuccessful logins.
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