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User access rights, Three access rights are defined: User, User Administrator

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30 GCM2 and GCM4 Installation and User's Guide and the cursor on the computer from which you are accessing the switching system. The Viewer is described in the VCS Installation and User's Guide. User access rights Three access rights are defined: User, User Administrator, and Appliance Administrator. The access rights (or levels) assigned to a user account affect which target devices the user can access, and whether the user can preempt existing KVM sessions or view existing KVM sessions in stealth mode. The access rights also affect what types of configuration a user can perform on the appliance. Table 3.1: User access rights Allowed Actions User If Preempt mode is enabled, preempt other user sessions. If Stealth mode is enabled, view primary user sessions in stealth mode. No User Administrator Appliance Administrator Equal and lesser All Note: Preemptions only apply to remote users. Configure network and global parameters (security mode, timeouts, SNMP). No No Yes Reboot and upgrade firmware. No No Yes Configure user accounts. No Yes Yes Monitor target device status. No Yes Yes Access target devices. Assigned by Admin Yes Yes To access the Web interface, complete the following steps: 1. Enter the appliance IP address in a browser. The login window appears. 2. Type the username and password and click OK. The Web interface window appears with the Connections tab selected. To exit the Web interface, perform the following step: NOTE: If an administrator has specified an Inactivity Timeout, a user with any type of access is logged out automatically if the specified number of minutes elapses without activity To log out manually, click Logout in the upper right of Web interface.

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GCM2 and GCM4 Installation and User’s Guide
and the cursor on the computer from which you are accessing the switching system. The Viewer is described in
the
VCS Installation and User’s Guide.
User access rights
Three access rights are defined: User, User Administrator, and Appliance Administrator. The
access rights (or levels) assigned to a user account affect which target devices the user can access,
and whether the user can preempt existing KVM sessions or view existing KVM sessions in stealth
mode. The access rights also affect what types of configuration a user can perform on the
appliance.
To access the Web interface, complete the following steps:
1.
Enter the appliance IP address in a browser. The login window appears.
2.
Type the username and password and click
OK
. The Web interface window appears with the
Connections tab selected.
To exit the Web interface, perform the following step:
NOTE:
If an administrator has specified an Inactivity Timeout, a user with any type of access is logged out
automatically if the specified number of minutes elapses without activity
To log out manually, click
Logout
in the upper right of Web interface.
Table 3.1: User access rights
Allowed Actions
User
User
Administrator
Appliance
Administrator
If Preempt mode is enabled, preempt other
user sessions. If Stealth mode is enabled, view
primary user sessions in stealth mode.
Note:
Preemptions only apply to remote users.
No
Equal and lesser
All
Configure network and global parameters
(security mode, timeouts, SNMP).
No
No
Yes
Reboot and upgrade firmware.
No
No
Yes
Configure user accounts.
No
Yes
Yes
Monitor target device status.
No
Yes
Yes
Access target devices.
Assigned by Admin
Yes
Yes