User's Manual

Using the CMC Web Interface 119
Server Administrator
The Server Administrator privilege is a blanket privilege
granting a CMC user all rights to perform any operation on
any servers present in the chassis.
When a user with CMC Server Administrator privilege
issues an action to be performed on a server, the CMC
firmware sends the command to the targeted server
without checking the user's privileges on the server. In
other words, the CMC Server Administrator privilege
overrides any lack of administrator privileges on the server.
Without the Server Administrator privilege, a user created
on the chassis can only execute a command on a server
when all of the following conditions are true:
• The same user name exists on the server
• The same user name must have the exact same password
on the server
• The user must have the privilege to execute the command
When a CMC user who does not have Server
Administrator privilege issues an action to be performed on
a server, the CMC will send a command to the targeted
server with the user’s login name and password. If the user
does not exist on the server, or if the password does not
match, the user is denied the ability to perform the action.
If the user exists on the target server and the password
matches, the server responds with the privileges of which
the user was granted on the server. Based on the privileges
responding from the server, CMC firmware decides if the
user has the right to perform the action.
Listed below are the privileges and the actions on the server
to which the Server Administrator is entitled. These rights
are applied only when the chassis user does not have the
Server Administrative privilege on the chassis.
Table 5-11. User Types (continued)
Privilege Description