Avocent Network Device SPC420 - Manual (Page 242)

222 DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide
Assigning zone licenses
You can manage the distribution of licenses among zones. Assigning licenses to each zone prevents
one zone from starving other zones of licenses. You can control which add-on features a zone may
use, how many licenses of each feature a zone may use, and how many sublevel zones can be
created.
You must specify at least one client session license for each zone, including the top level zone; for
other license types, you may specify an assigned license value of zero. The number of licenses
assigned to one zone cannot exceed the number of licenses assigned to the parent zone. In addition,
the total number of assigned licenses for all zones cannot exceed the number of licenses in the
DSView 3 software system.
NOTE: For more information on what operations each license type allows, see Licenses on page 54.
To assign zone licenses:
1. Click the System tab, then click Global Properties.
2. Select Zones in the side navigation bar.
3. Click the name of zone you wish to modify.
4. Click Licenses in the side navigation bar.
5. The Assign Zone Licenses window opens. For each license type, enter the number of licenses
that can be used by this zone in the Assigned Licenses field. The number of available licenses
in the zone is listed in the Available Licenses column.
6. Click Save.
Managing zone access rights
When operating a DSView 3 software system with zones, there are multiple layers of access rights
to consider.
First, you can allow or deny access rights per zone. If you deny an access right group for a zone, no
users in that zone, including administrative users, can perform the associated actions. In addition, a
user cannot create a sublevel zone with access rights that were denied in the parent zone. If you
allow an access right group for a zone, specified users in this zone and sublevel zones can perform
the associated actions.
The next layers of access rights are user groups and users. Within a zone, you can assign specific
access rights to user groups. For example, for a zone with Firmware Management allowed, you
could choose to only allow the administrative user group to manage firmware, and prevent other
user groups from managing firmware by restricting the group access rights. To further control user
access rights, you can also assign access rights to individual users.
An administrative user in the top level zone is considered a super user and can manage access rights
for any user in any zone. Administrative users in sublevel zones with appropriate access rights can
manage user access rights for their zone and other zones for which they have access.