Creating user groups first will help you organize users when the users are added. When a user group is created, a set of privileges is assigned to the user group. Users assigned to the group will inherit those privileges. For example, if you create a group and assign it the User Management privilege, all users assigned to the group will be able to see and execute the commands on the User Manager menu. See User Group Privileges.
Configuring user groups involves four basic steps:
Name the group and give it a description.
Select the privileges the user group will have.
Select the interface types the user group can use to access nodes.
Select policies that specify which nodes the user group can access.
To add a user group:
Choose Users > User Group Manager > Add User Group. The Add User Group screen appears
Type a name for the user group in the User Group Name field. User Group names must be unique. See Naming Conventions for details on CC-SG's rules for name lengths.
Type a short description for the group in the Description field. Optional.
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.
Click the Privileges tab.
Select the checkbox that corresponds with each privilege you want to assign to the user group.
Below the privileges table is the Node Access area with privileges for three kinds of node access: Node Out-of-Band Access, Node In-Band Access, and Node Power Control. Select the checkbox that corresponds to each type of node access you want to assign to the user group.
Click the Device/Node Policies tab. A table of policies appears.
The All Policies table lists all the policies available on CC-SG. Each policy represents a rule allowing or denying access to a group of nodes. See Policies for Access Control for details on policies and how they are created.
In the All Policies list, select a policy that you want to assign to the user group, and then click Add to move the policy to the Selected Policies list. Policies in the Selected Policies list allow or deny access to the nodes or devices controlled by the policy. See Assigning Policies To User Groups for details on how policies interact.
Repeat this step to add additional policies to the user group.
If you want to allow this group to access all available nodes, select the Full Access Policy in the Add Policies list, and then click Add.
If you want to remove a policy from the user group, select the policy name in the Selected Policies list, and then click Remove.
When you are done configuring policies for this group, click Apply to save this group and create another. Repeat the steps in this section to add user groups. Optional.
