Understanding Permission Levels; Administrator Level; User Level; Guest Level - Adaptec RAID 3085 User Manual

Understanding Permission Levels

When you log in to Adaptec Storage Manager, your permission level is identical to your
operating system permission level. For example, if you have Administrator permissions on
your operating system, you also have Administrator permissions in Adaptec Storage Manager.
Note:
NetWare users only—See
This section describes the three different permission levels.

Administrator Level

Logging in as an Administrator allows you full access to manage and modify the controllers,
disk drives, and logical drives that are part of your storage space.
To log in as an Administrator:
Windows—Enter a valid user name and password for the Administrator or Administrative
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User on the system. (The Administrative User is any member of the local Administrators
group, which can, in a Domain configuration, include Domain Administrators.)
Linux—Enter
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Netware—See
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UnixWare or OpenServer—Enter
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Solaris—Enter
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User Level

Logging in as a User partially restricts your access to the storage space, as described in this table.
Users can...
Rescan controllers
Save activity logs
Verify disk drives (with and without fix)
Verify logical drives (with and without fix)
Identify disk drives and enclosures
Rebuild disk drives
Create hot spares
Access the same information as Guests (see the following section)
To log in as a User, use your normal network user name and password.

Guest Level

Logging in as a Guest restricts your access to the storage space to "view-only".
You can see all local and remote systems and view their properties windows, view event logs,
save configuration files and support archives, and browse the online Help.
You cannot make any changes to the storage space.
To log in as Guest, click Cancel on the Login window.
Getting Started Step 2: Installing and Starting Adaptec Storage Manager
Configuring NetWare User Authentication on page
for the user name and enter the root password.
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for the user name and enter the root password.
User's can't...
Create logical drives
Modify logical drives
Delete logical drives
Delete hot spares
Perform data migrations
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