HP BL680c HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide - Page 81
Removing an external manager account
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11 Removing an external manager account For VCEM to manage VC Domains (using the Virtual Connect Manager, the embedded software in a Virtual Connect Ethernet module) VCEM uses programmatic interfaces with each Virtual Connect Manager. VCEM automatically creates an external manager account in each Virtual Connect Manager for subsequent authentication. NOTE: VCEM uses a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection provided by HP SIM. For more information about the available cipher suites and how to enable or disable them, see the Understanding HP SIM security white paper at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html. VCEM creates a local account on each Virtual Connect Manager it manages. To prevent inadvertent modification, this account is not visible from the user-interface on the Virtual Connect Manager associated with the VC Domain being managed by VCEM. This account has full privileges to the Virtual Connect Manager and the credentials are used for SOAP interfaces with the Virtual Connect Manager, using a connection over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). These credentials are securely stored on the Central Management Server (CMS) used to run VCEM. Each Virtual Connect Manager managed by VCEM has a unique, randomly generated password. Removing the external manager account removes Virtual Connect Manager from VCEM control. Remove the account using the following methods: • Preferred method-Uses the VCEM user-interface and removes the account from the Virtual Connect Manager and the credential store from VCEM. • Remove the VC Domain from the VC Domain Group • Secondary method-Uses the Virtual Connect Manager command line interface to remove the account from the Virtual Connect Manager. If the preferred method is not possible, then the Virtual Connect Manager supports command line interfaces that allow the external manager account to be deleted from the Virtual Connect Manager and allow a Virtual Connect Manager to be removed from VCEM control. To remove the external manager account: 1. Telnet in to the Virtual Connect Manager using an SSH connection such as SSH [email protected], where xxx is the VC Domain IP address. 2. To determine the username of the external manager account, from the Virtual Connect Manager command prompt, enter show external-manager. For this example, assume the username returned was xyz. 3. To disable the account, from the Virtual Connect Manager command prompt, enter set external-manager Username=xyz Enabled=false If VC Domain firmware is 2.0x, perform the following: • To remove the account and release the VC Domain from VCEM control, from the Virtual Connect Manager command prompt, enter remove external-manager Username=xyz mactype= MacStart= MacEnd= wwnType= WwnStart= WwnEnd= serverIdType= serverIdStart= serverIdEnd= NOTE: "-quiet" is an option to suppress user confirmation prompts. This option is useful for scripting operations. This option is available for VC firmware 2.0x for the disable account, remove the account, and release ranges commands. For more information, see the HP Virtual Connect Manager Command Line Interface User Guide. 81