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5.Select the role to assign to the user from the options provided in the Associated Roles field. Select one or more of the following options:

Monitor

If necessary, modify user permissions without any administrative rights. The Monitor option

 

provides read-onlypermissions.

Help Desk Manager

Optionally assign this role to someone who typically troubleshoots and debugs problems

 

reported by the customer. the Help Desk Manager typically runs troubleshooting utilities (like

 

a sniffer), executes service commands, views/retrieves logs and reboots the switch.

Network

The Network Administrator provides configures all wired and wireless parameters like IP

Administrator

config, VLANs, L2/L3 security, WLANs, radios, IDS and hotspot.

System Administrator

Select System Administrator (if necessary) to allow the user to configure general settings

 

like NTP, boot parameters, licenses, perform image upgrade, auto install, manager

 

redundancy/clustering and control access.

Web User

Assign Web User Administrator privileges (if necessary) to add users for Web

Administrator

authentication (hotspot).

Super User

Select Super User (if necessary) to assign complete administrative rights.

NOTE: By default, the switch is https enabled with a self signed certificate. This is required since the applet uses https for user authentication.

NOTE: There are some basic operations/CLI commands like exit, logout and help available to all the user roles. All roles except Monitor can perform Help Desk role operations.

6.Select the access modes you want to assign to the user from the options provided in the Access Modes panel. Select one or more of the following options:

Console

This option provides the new user access to the switch using the console (applet).

SSH

This option provides the new user access to the switch using SSH.

Telnet

This option provides the new user access to the switch using Telnet

Applet

This option provides the new user access to the switch the Web UI (applet).

7.Refer to the Status field for an indication of any problems that may have arisen.

The Status is the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.

8.Click on OK to complete the modification of the users privileges.

9.Click Cancel to revert back to the last saved configuration without saving any of your changes.

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Motorola WS5100 manual Provides read-only permissions, Redundancy/clustering and control access