Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual User accounts, Creating a new user account

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User accounts

NOTE

You must have User Management Read and Write privileges to add new accounts, set passwords for accounts, and apply roles to the accounts. For a list of privileges, refer to “User Privileges” on page 1283.

Management application user accounts contain the identification of the Management application user, as well as privileges, roles, and AORs assigned to the user. Privileges provide access to the features in Management application. A role is a group of selected privileges. A role can be assigned to one or more Management application users who need access to the same menu options.

An AOR contains selected devices, device groups, device port groups, access points, access point groups, and port groups that an Management application user is allowed to manage.

Creating a new user account

To create a new user account, complete the following steps.

1.Select Server > Users.

The Users dialog box displays.

2.Click Add under the Users table. The Add User dialog box displays.

FIGURE 77 Add User dialog box

3. Enter a unique name to identify the user in the User ID field.

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