Owner's Manual

90 Security

Figure 4-16. General (Windows) Page

Before you can expect to manage servers with a Windows Management Interface driver, you must

download and install the latest version of the Microsoft.Net™ framework. The WMI login for this

software must also be credentials must be for a domain user who also belongs to the administrator

group on the WMI device for complete functionality. Both this and .NET installation are

requirements for any installation managing WMI devices. The WMI authentication screen has the

following fields:

General Parameters

—A unique identifier for this authentication object.

Use for EMS

—Checking this lets this application—the entire element management system

(EMS)—use this authentication. Otherwise, authentications are only available to individual

users who have permissions to use them.

If none of the associated credentials are marked

Use for EMS

then the software chooses the

set of authentications to which the current user has access. Administrators typically use this

capability to control access to cut-thru session capabilities (read vs. read-write) when a

command line interface is present to the managed device.

NOTE:

Resync fails if you do not check this box.

Select Windows Credentials

UserID

—The login ID.

Domain / Workspace

—Enter the Windows domain.

Confirm your entries here with

File -> Save

or by clicking on the

Save

icon or button.