Role-Based Telnet Macro Execution - Extreme Networks EPICenter Guide Manual

User-Defined Telnet Macros
Figure 36: Telnet macros available from the Macros sub-menu
The execution context and execution roles interact in that a macro will be available to a user only if the
macro matches the execution context of the selected component (Device Group, Device, or Port) and the
user's role has been included as an execution role defined for the macro.
If you do not specify any execution role at all for the macro, that macro will not be available for
execution outside of the Telnet applet. In that case, only users who have access to the Telnet applet will
be able to execute the macro, as it will be available to be run only from within the Macro Player.

Role-based Telnet Macro Execution

Role-based macros allow a network administrator to script certain configuration or status-display
functions so that they can be performed by EPICenter users who should not have unlimited Telnet
access to a device.
For example, a network administrator may want to allow an assistant to run macros that add the
standard configuration settings to devices newly added to the network (as in the Example 2 on page 81)
but not have Telnet access otherwise. The administrator could create a user role for his assistants that
does not allow access to the Telnet applet. However, when creating the new device configuration
macro, he would specifically allow the assistant role as an execution role for this macro. Any of his
assistants logged in with the assistant role could configure a new device without needing access to the
Telnet applet.
Another common case would be allowing users with a read-only access role, such as the Monitor role,
to run commands of various sorts on devices on the network for troubleshooting read-only.
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Figure 37 shows a Telnet macro in the Macro Editor, with several execution roles selected. The selection
indicates that this macro will be available to users with Administrator, Manager, and Monitor roles, but
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