Add User Groups and Users

The Add User Group panel opens when you click Continue at the end of the Create Groups task. You can also click User Management, and then click Add User Group in the Guided Tasks tree view in the left panel to open the Add User Group panel.

  1. In the User Group Name field, type a name for the user group you want to create. User group names can contain up to 64 characters.
  2. In the Description field, type a description of the user group.
  3. To set a maximum number of KVM sessions per user in this user group when accessing devices that have this feature enabled, select the Limit Number of KVM Sessions per Device checkbox, and select the number of sessions allowed in the Max KVM Sessions (1-8) field. Optional. See Limit the Number of KVM Sessions per User for details.
  4. Click the Privileges tab, and then select the checkboxes that correspond to the Privileges, or types of CC-SG activities, that you want to assign to the user group.
  5. In the Node Access section, you can specify whether you want the user group to have access to In band and Out of band nodes, and to Power Management functions. Select the checkboxes that correspond to the types of access you want to assign to the group.
  6. Click the Policies tab.
  7. In the All Policies list, select the Policy that you want to assign to the user group and click Add to move the Policy to the Selected Policies list. Policies in the Selected Policies list will be assigned to the user group. Repeat this step to add additional policies to the user group.
  8. To remove a policy from the user group, select the policy name in the Selected Policies list, and then click Remove.
  9. If you want to associate remotely authenticated users with Active Directory modules, click the Active Directory Associations tab when the AD-configured Active Directory Associations tab is not hidden. Select the checkbox that corresponds with each Active Directory module you want to associate with the user group.
  10. To add another user group, click Apply to save this group and repeat these steps. Optional.
  11. When you have finished adding user groups, click OK. The Add User panel opens. You can also click User Management, and then click Add User in the Guided Tasks tree view in the left panel to open the Add User panel.
  12. In the Username field, type the name that the user you want to add will use to log in to CC-SG.
  13. Select the Login Enabled checkbox if you want the user to be able to log in to CC-SG.
  14. Select the Remote Authentication checkbox only if you want the user to be authenticated by an outside server, such as TACACS+, RADIUS, LDAP, or AD. If you are using remote authentication, a password is not required. The New Password and Retype New Password fields will be disabled when Remote Authentication is checked.
  15. In the New Password and Retype New Password fields, type the password that the user will use to log in to CC-SG.
  16. Check the Force Password Change on Next Login if you want the user to be forced to change the assigned password the next time the user logs in.
  17. Select the Force Password Change Periodically checkbox if you want to specify how often the user will be forced to change the password.
  18. In the Expiration Period (Days) field, type the number of days that the user will be able to use the same password before being forced to change it.
  19. In the Email address field, type the user's email address.
  20. Click the User Group drop-down arrow and select the user group to which you want to assign the user from the list.
  21. If you want to add another user, click Apply to save this user, and then repeat the steps in this section to add additional users.
  22. When you have finished adding users, click OK. The User Summary panel displays a list of the user groups and users that you added. Optional.

See Also

User Management