CANOGA PERKINS 1500 Domain Management Module - Manual (Page 25)

Model 1500 Domain Management Module 3-13
Set Up and Manage a User Account
You can set up an account for a user, whether another supervisor, operator, or observer, to access
the DMM. You can also update or delete usernames or permissions. To manage a user account,
access the User Accounts screen and follow these steps:
1. At the Domain Management Module menu, type 2 , "Change Security & Passwords," and
press . The Change Security & Passwords menu appears.
2. At the Change Security & Passwords menu, type 2 , "User Accounts Configuration," and
press .
3. To add a user, type 1 , or to edit an existing user, type 3 , and press , then type the
Username and follow the prompts on the Edit User Account screen to enter values or press
to cycle through options for these parameters:
• Account State: enabled or disabled
• Access From: UI, SNMPv3, or UI/SNMPv3
• UI indicates access through Telnet, Console, SSH, FTP, or SFTP, and requires additional
parameter setup
• SNMPv3 enhances security and requires additional parameter setup; for details, see the
documentation for your SNMPv3 application and server
• Access level: Supervisor, Operator, or Observer
• Description: optional; up to 17 characters
• UI Password: password that allows access through Telnet, Console, SSH, FTP, or SFTP; 8 to
15 characters
• UI Password Expires: Yes or No
• UI Password Expires in (days): 0 (never) to 365
• Allow UI Lockout of User: Yes or No; can disable access for this user after excessive failed
attempts to log in
• Allow UI Logout of User: Yes or No; can automatically log user out after excessive inactivity
• UI Login Locked State: shows current state as Locked or Unlocked
• SNMPv3 Authentication Protocol: MD5, SHA, or None; sets how to authenticate the user
• SNMPv3 Authentication Password: password that generates the authentication key for the
user if the authentication protocol is MD5 or SHA; 8 to 15 characters.
• SNMPv3 Authentication Key: Shows the key that authenticates the user for MD5 or SHA
Authentication Protocol; this is generated automatically for the Authentication Password, but
can be changed if the user's host uses a different Authentication Key generation algorithm; 16
Hex characters for MD5 protocol or 20 Hex characters for SHA protocol.
• SNMPv3 Privacy Protocol: DES or None; sets the protocol for encryption
• SNMPv3 Privacy Password: password that generates the encryption key for the user if the
privacy protocol is DES; 8 to 15 characters
• SNMPv3 Privacy Key: Shows the key that encrypts messages for DES Privacy Protocol; this
is generated automatically for the Privacy Password, but can be changed if the user's host
uses a different Privacy Key generation algorithm; 16 Hex characters