Administering Epicenter; Overview Of User Administration; Controlling Epicenter Access - Extreme Networks EPICenter Software Installation Manual

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Administering EPICenter

This chapter describes how to use the Administration applet for the following:
• Changing your own user password, for users without Administration access
• Adding and deleting EPICenter users
• Setting and modifying user permissions for both the EPICenter and ExtremeWare software
• Configuring the EPICenter server as a RADIUS client or a RADIUS server for user authentication
• Enabling or disabling EPICenter Syslog receiver functionality
• Modifying EPICenter server properties to change settings such as polling rates, time-outs, port
assignments and other similar settings
• Configuring EPICenter for a distributed server configuration

Overview of User Administration

In order to log in to the EPICenter server and use its management features, you must have a user name
and password. An EPICenter administrator can create and modify EPICenter user accounts, passwords,
and account permissions through the Administration applet. Individual users, regardless of their access
permissions, can change their own password using the Administration applet.
The EPICenter server and its Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server can be used
for user authentication, both for EPICenter server access and Extreme Networks switch access. The
Administration applet provides an interface for configuring the RADIUS server.
Finally, the Administration applet provides an interface that allows an EPICenter administrator to
modify a number of properties that affect the performance and configuration of the EPICenter server.
These properties are stored in the EPICenter database along with other EPICenter data.

Controlling EPICenter Access

The EPICenter server provides three levels of access to EPICenter functions:
• Monitor — users who can view status information and statistics.
• Manager — users who can modify device parameters as well as view status information and
statistics.
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