Deployment Guide

Security configuration settings
This section provides an overview of user accounts and privileges.
Topics:
• User roles, accounts, and privileges
User roles, accounts, and privileges
Table 1. Metro node user accounts and privileges
Component Account Type Default password Privileges
Metro node service -
● Access to the metro node management server
desktop, VPlexcli, and Unisphere for metro
node UI.
● Run permissions for VPlexcli related scripts.
● Ability to run VPlexcli commands.
● Read/write access to log files.
● Ability to run the System Configuration
commands.
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● Access to metro node management server
desktop, VPlexcli, and Unisphere for metro
node UI.
● Ability to create, modify, and delete new user
accounts.
● Ability to run VPlexcli commands.
● Read-only access to log files.
Metro node user
(default user)
null
● Access dependent on that granted with Role-
based User Access. See Role-based User
Access for complete descriptions of user
types and permissions.
Metro node iDRAC
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● Root privileges
● Access to the metro node desktop.
● The default password are removed during the
System Configuration process.
1. The first user who attempts to log in as admin is prompted to change the admin password before logging in.
2. Given the elevated permissions that are granted to the service account, its password must be changed in order to better
protect metro node from misuse or abuse of those privileges. Changing the service account password provides more
information.
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