Users Guide

• CMC user name: <user name>
• Active Directory user name: <domain>\<user name>, <domain>/<user name> or <user>@<domain>.
• LDAP user name: <user name>
NOTE: This eld is case-sensitive.
2. In the Password eld, type the user password.
NOTE: For Active Directory user, the Username eld is case-sensitive.
3. From the drop-down menu of the Domain eld, select the required domain.
4. Optionally, select a session timeout. This is the duration for which you can stay logged in with no activity before you are
automatically logged out. The default value is the
Web Service Idle Timeout.
5. Click OK.
You are logged into CMC with the required user privileges.
You cannot log in to the Web interface with dierent user names in multiple browser windows on a single workstation.
NOTE: If LDAP authentication is enabled and you attempt logging into CMC using the local credentials, the credentials
are rst checked in the LDAP server and then in CMC.
Logging in to CMC Using a Smart Card
To use this feature, you must have an Enterprise License. You can log in to CMC using a smart card. Smart cards provide Two Factor
Authentication (TFA) that provide two-layers of security:
• Physical smart card device.
• Secret code such as a password or PIN.
Users must verify their credentials using the smart card and the PIN.
NOTE: You cannot use the IP address to log in to CMC using the Smart Card login. Kerberos validates your credentials
based on the Fully Qualied Domain Name (FQDN).
Before you log in as an Active Directory user using a Smart Card, make sure to:
• Upload a Trusted Certicate Authority (CA) certicate (CA-signed Active Directory certicate) to CMC
• Congure the DNS server.
• Enable Active Directory login.
• Enable Smart Card login.
To log in to CMC as an Active Directory user using a smart card:
1. Log in to CMC using the link https://<cmcname.domain-name>.
The CMC Login page is displayed asking you to insert a smart card.
NOTE: If you changed the default HTTPS port number (port 80), access the CMC web page using
<cmcname.domain-name>:<port number>, where cmcname is the CMC host name for CMC, domain-name is
the domain name, and port number is the HTTPS port number.
2. Insert the smart card and click Login.
The PIN dialog box is displayed.
3. Type the PIN and click Submit.
NOTE: If the smart card user is present in Active Directory, an Active Directory password is not required. Else, you
have to log in by using an appropriate username and password.
You are logged in to CMC with your Active Directory credentials.
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