Levels Of User Access - 3Com LANPLEX 6000 User Manual

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Levels of User
Access
Access level prompt
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This chapter familiarizes you with the Administration Console user access
levels and explains how to:
Move within the Console's menu hierarchy to perform tasks
Set up the Console interface parameters
Access online help
Use scripts for performing Console tasks
Exit the Console
The Administration Console supports three password levels, allowing the
network administrator to provide different levels of access for a range of
LANplex users. These levels are described in Table 2-1.
Table 2-1 Password Access Levels
Access Level Kind of User
Administer Those who need to perform system
set-up and management (usually a
single network administrator)
Write Those who need to perform active
network management
Read Those who only need to view
system parameters
Each time you access the Administration Console, you are prompted for an
access level and password, as shown below:
Select access level (read, write, administer):
Password:
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C
ONSOLE
Allows Users to...
Perform system-level
administration (such as setting
passwords, loading new
software, etc.)
Configure network parameters
(such as setting the aging time
for a bridge)
Access "display" menu items
(display, summary, detail) only