Adaptec 133U2, User Manual

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Setting Security Options
Controlling Guest Access
The Guest Access option lets the network administrator control who
can view information about the server configuration. Guest Access
is enabled or disabled for each individual server. The Guest Access
setting affects all users who try to view server information from
networked clients. Here is how Guest Access works:
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When Guest Access is Enabled (the default), users who do not
know the password can view server information from a
networked client connected to that server but cannot issue
commands to change the server configuration.
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When Guest Access is Disabled , users who do not know
the password cannot view server information from a
networked client or issue commands to change the server
configuration. However, users can still view event notifications
generated by servers that are on the client’s server list.
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When Guest Access is disabled for a server you can upgrade
access privileges for a particular client to monitor or manage
that server by following these steps:
1
Click the Reconnect icon in the System Monitor widow.
2
Enter the password when prompted.
Even though you have regained access privileges for that client, the
guest access privileges will remain disabled for all other clients
monitoring that server. At this point, if you close and re-open
Adaptec CI/O Management Software for that particular client, guest
access privilieges for that client revert back to disabled.
Note:
If you do know the server’s password you can perform
array operations such as Creating and Deleting Arrays
whether Guest Access is enabled or disabled.
Follow these steps to enable or disable Guest Access:
1
Click to open the System Monitor window.