Polycom 3725-77601-001H Device Administration in Maximum Security Mode, About Machine Accounts

Polycom CMA System Operations Guide

the auditor download and run a verification utility that performs a checksum operation to make certain that the downloaded audit log is complete and uncorrupted before the audit log is deleted from the CMA system.

•Change the audit log Alert Level.

The system change required to support this workflow change is:

The Change Settings command is available from the list of ACTIONS. By default the audit log Alert Level is set to 70% of the Max File Size Usage, which is 2 gigabytes.

Device Administration in Maximum Security Mode

Only users assigned the Device Administrator role can perform device administration tasks.

In addition to the tasks described in the Endpoint Management in Maximum Security Mode section, the device administrator workflow on a CMA system operating in maximum security mode allows the device administrator to:

•See the system Dashboard.

•Add, edit, and delete machine accounts for endpoint systems.

The system change required to support this workflow change is: The Machine Accounts menu option and page is available from the Admin > Management and Security menu. Before the CMA system can dynamically manage a HDX system, a device administrator must add a machine account for the HDX system. This is the same username that the HDX system administrator should enter on the HDX system for the provisioning service. This allows the HDX and CMA systems to authenticate and communicate without using a specific user’s account.

About Machine Accounts

Before the CMA system can dynamically manage HDX systems operating in maximum security mode, a user assigned the Device Administrator role must create an HDX machine account for each HDX that the CMA system will manage. The machine account allows the endpoint to connect and authenticate with the CMA system for dynamic management purposes without using the endpoint user’s account.

The Add Machine Account dialog box includes the following information.

	Field	Description
	Enable Machine	Select or clear this option to enable and disable
	Account	(respectively) the machine account you create for the
		endpoint.
26		Polycom, Inc.