Users Guide

Access Control Authentication, Authorization, And Roles

The Dell Management Plug-in uses the vSphere Client's current user session and the stored administration credentials

for the virtual appliance to perform vCenter operations. The Dell Management Plug-in uses the vCenter server's built-in

roles and privileges model to authorize user actions with the virtual appliance and the vCenter managed objects (hosts

and clusters).

Figure 3. vCenter vSphere Client Roles and Privileges

Dell Operation Role

Contains the privileges/groups to accomplish appliance and vCenter server tasks including firmware updates, hardware

inventory, restarting a host, placing a host in maintenance mode, or creating a vCenter Server task

This role contains the following privilege groups.

Privilege Group -

Dell.Configuration

Privilege - Perform Host-Related Tasks, Perform vCenter-Related Tasks, Configure SelLog,

Configure ConnectionProfile, Configure ClearLed, Firmware Update

Privilege Group -

Dell.Inventory

Privilege - Configure Inventory, Configure Warranty Retrieval, Configure ReadOnly

Privilege Group -

Dell.Monitoring

Privilege - Configure Monitoring, Monitor

Privilege Group -

Dell.Reporting

(Not used)

Privilege - Create a Report, Run a Report

Dell Infrastructure Deployment Role

This role contains the privileges specifically related to the hypervisor deployment features.