Preemption Levels - Avocent Network Device SPC420 Installer/User Manual

Table 4.1: Built-In User Group Allowed Operations (Continued)
Operation
Add, change and delete units
Add, change and delete unit groups
Configure access rights
Add, change and delete sites, departments and locations
Add, change and delete external authentication services
Add, change, delete user accounts and user-defined user
groups
All event-related operation
Change your own password
In addition to the built-in user groups, the DSView 3 software supports user-defined user groups;
see Grouping Units on page 205.

Preemption Levels

The preemption level of users determines whether they may interrupt or disconnect another user's
serial or video (KVM) session with a target device. This also applies to virtual media sessions,
which are initiated from the Video Viewer.
DSView 3 software administrators and user administrators may specify the preemption level for
user accounts or user-defined user groups when an account or group is created. The preemption
level may be changed later. See Preemption level on page 237 or User Group Properties on
page 245.
By default, the preemption level used by the DSView 3 management software (the effective user
preemption level) is the highest level of all of the user groups to which the user belongs.
Preemption levels range from 1-4, with 4 being the highest level. For example, a user or a user
Chapter 4: Basic Operations
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