Avocent SPC420 manual Preemption Levels

Chapter 4: Basic Operations 41

Table 4.1: Built-In User Group Allowed Operations (Continued)

Operation

Built-In User Group

Software Administrator User Administrator Appliance Administrator Auditors Users

Add, change and delete units	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Add, change and delete unit groups	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Configure access rights	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Add, change and delete sites, departments and locations	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Add, change and delete external authentication services	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Add, change, delete user accounts and user-defined user	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
groups
All event-related operation	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Change your own password	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

In addition to the built-in user groups, the DSView 3 software supports user-defined user groups; see Grouping Units on page 205.

Preemption Levels

The preemption level of users determines whether they may interrupt or disconnect another user’s serial or video (KVM) session with a target device. This also applies to virtual media sessions, which are initiated from the Video Viewer.

DSView 3 software administrators and user administrators may specify the preemption level for user accounts or user-defined user groups when an account or group is created. The preemption level may be changed later. See Preemption level on page 237 or User Group Properties on page 245.

By default, the preemption level used by the DSView 3 management software (the effective user preemption level) is the highest level of all of the user groups to which the user belongs. Preemption levels range from 1-4, with 4 being the highest level. For example, a user or a user