Appendix A. User Roles and Privileges

Table A.1. 

Permission

Task

Field Engineer

Administrator

Operator

Observer

Fabric Management

EDIT_SYSTEM

Edit system attributes such as name, description, and so on

Yes

Yes

No

No

MAINTENANCE_MODE

Place the fabric in maintenance mode

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

VIEW_DIAGNOSTICS

View diagnostic logs

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

EDIT_RETENTION_PERIOD

Edit diagnostic log retention period

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Platform Management

ADD_PLATFORM

Add a new Platform.

Yes

Yes

No

No

COLD_REBOOT

Immediate forced shutdown, power-off and power-on the platform.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

DELETE_PLATFORM

Delete platform.

Yes

Yes

No

No

DIAGNOSTIC_REBOOT

Initiates a Diagnostic Dump of the platform followed by a Forced Shutdown and a Restart of the platform.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

DISABLE_SRIOV

Disable NIC sharing on a platform.

Yes

Yes

No

No

EDIT_PLATFORM

Edit platform information.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

ENABLE_SRIOV

Enable NIC sharing on a platform.

Yes

Yes

No

No

LAUNCH_PMC

(Only on FMP)

Launch Platform Management Console in a new window.

Yes

No

No

No

PLATFORM_ADVANCED

Advanced action on a platform.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

PORT_SETTINGS

Update port configuration on a platform.

Yes

Yes

No

No

POWER_DOWN

Immediate forced Shutdown followed by a Power Off of the platform.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

POWER_ON

Power on the platform.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

SHUTDOWN

Shutdown and gracefully Power Off the platform.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

SPAR_RESTART

Gracefully Shutdown and Restart the platform.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

WARM_REBOOT

Immediate Forced Shutdown followed by a Restart of the platform.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Partition Management

COMMISSION_PARTITION

Commission a new partition image.

Yes

Yes

No

No

DECOMMISSION_PARTITION

Decommission a partition image.

Yes

Yes

No

No

DISABLE_PARTITION

Disable a partition image.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

EDIT_PARTITION

Edit/Resize a partition image.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

ENABLE_PARTITION

Enable a disabled partition image.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

HALT_PARTITION

Force Halt a Partition Image.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

LAUNCH_VIRTUAL_CONSOLE

(Only on FMP)

Launch the partition image virtual console.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

PARTITION_ADVANCED

Advanced Partition operations.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RESET_PARTITION

Hard Restart the Partition Image.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RESTART_PARTITION

Soft Restart the Partition Image.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

START_PARTITION

Start a stopped partition.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

STOP_PARTITION

Soft Shutdown the Partition Image.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Start – Rescue Mode

Start a Linux partition image in rescue mode.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Images and Blueprints Management

ADD_BLUEPRINT

Add blueprint to selected platforms.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

ADD_IMAGE

Add image to selected platforms.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

DELETE_BLUEPRINT

Delete selected blueprint from platform.

Yes

Yes

No

No

DELETE_IMAGE

Delete selected image from platform.

Yes

Yes

No

No

Events Management

EVENT_ACCEPT

Accept open events.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EVENT_CLOSE

Close events.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EVENT_RE_OPEN

Reopen a closed event.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

GENERATE_DUMPS

Generate diagnostic dumps.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

DOWNLOAD_DUMPS

Download diagnostic dump files.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DELETE_DUMPS

Delete diagnostic dump files.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Switch Management

ADD_SWITCH

Add a new switch.

Yes

Yes

No

No

DELETE_SWITCH

Delete a switch.

Yes

Yes

No

No

EDIT_SWITCH

Edit switch information.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

LAUNCH_SWITCH_CONSOLE

(Only on FMP)

Launch the switch management UI.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Secure Fabric Management

ADD_SECURE_FABRIC

Create a new secure fabric.

Yes

Yes

No

No

ASSOCIATE_PARTITION_TO _SECURE_FABRIC

Associate a partition image to a secure fabric.

Yes

Yes

No

No

DELETE_SECURE_FABRIC

Delete a secure fabric.

Yes

Yes

No

No

DISASSOCIATE_PARTITION_FROM _SECURE_FABRIC

Disassociate selected partition images from a secure fabric.

Yes

Yes

No

No

EDIT_SECURE_FABRIC

Edit secure fabric information.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

SECURE_FABRIC_PARTITIONS _SYNCHRONIZE

Synchronize secure fabrics partition images.

Yes

Yes

No

No

SECURE_FABRICS_SYNCHRONIZE

Synchronize secure fabrics list with platform.

Yes

Yes

No

No

Firmware Management

ADD_FIRMWARE

Upload a firmware

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

ACTIVATE_FIRMWARE

Activate a firware

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

DELETE_FIRMWARE

Delete the selected s-Par firmware.

Yes

Yes

No

No

High Availability Management

LAUNCH_FMP_MANAGER

Only on FMP

Launch FMP Manager user interface.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Call Home Email Notification Management

DISABLE_ENABLE_EMAIL _NOTIFICATION

Disable/Enable email notification.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

EDIT_SMTP_SETTINGS

Edit SMTP settings for email notification.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

ADD_USER

Add a user to receive email notification.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

EDIT_USER

Edit a user information who has registered for email notification.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

DELETE_USER

Delete a user who has registered for email notification.

Yes

Yes

No

No

SEND_TEST_EMAIL

Send test mail to users who have registered for email notification.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

DISABLE_ENABLE_USER

Disable/Enable a user for email notification.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Call Home Management

EDIT_CALL_HOME_DETAILS

Edit Call Home setting details.

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

EDIT_CALL_HOME_SCHEDULE

Edit Call Home schedule settings.

Yes

Yes

No

No