Web interface pages and user roles

Different user authority levels are needed to access different pages in the management module Web interface.

Some fields and selections in the management-module Web interface pages can be changed or executed only by users who are assigned roles with the required level of authority for those pages. Users with the Supervisor role (command authority) for a page can change information and execute all tasks in the page. Viewing information does not require any special command authority; however, users can be assigned restricted read-only access to specific devices in the BladeCenter unit, as follows:

Users with the Operator role can view all information.
Users with the Chassis Operator custom role can view information about the common BladeCenter unit components.
Users with the Blade Operator custom role can view information about the blade servers.
Users with the I/O Module (Switch) Operator custom role can view information about the I/O modules.

Table 1 lists the management-module Web interface pages and the roles (command authority levels) that are required to change information in these pages. The pages and roles that are listed in this table apply only to changing the information in a page or executing a task specified in a page: viewing the information in a page does not require any special role or command authority. In the table, each row indicates the valid user roles (command authorities) that enable a user to change the information or execute a task in that page. For example, in Table 1 executing tasks in the Blade Tasks → Power/Restart page is available to users with the Supervisor role or to users with the Blade Administration role.

Important: Make sure that the role that is set for each user is correct after you update management-module firmware, because these definitions might change between firmware versions.

Table 1. User role relationships
Page	Role required to change information or execute tasks
Page	Supervisor	Chassis User Account Management	Blade Server Remote Presence	Chassis Operator	Chassis Administration	Blade Administration	I/O Module Administration	Chassis Log Administration	Chassis Configuration	Blade Configuration	I/O Module Configuration
Monitors
System Status	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Event Log (view)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Event Log (clear or set log policy)	•							•
LEDs	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Fuel Gauge	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Hardware VPD	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Firmware VPD	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Blade tasks
Power/Restart	•					•
Remote Control (remote console)	•		•
Remote Control (virtual media)	•		•
Firmware Update	•					•
Configuration	•									•
Serial Over LAN	•								•	•
I/O-module tasks
Admin/Power/Restart	•						•
Configuration (see Note 1)	•										•
Firmware Update	•						•
MM control
General Settings	•								•
Login Profiles	•	•
Global Login Settings	•								•
Alerts (see Note 2)	•								•
Port Assignments	•								•
Network Interfaces	•								•
Network Protocols	•								•
Security	•								•
Configuration File (backup)	•			•
Configuration File (restore)	•
Firmware Update	•				•
Restore Defaults (see Note 3)	•				•				•
Restart MM	•				•

Notes:

To send ping requests to an I/O module (Advanced Management link in I/O Module Tasks → Configuration page), the I/O Module Administration, I/O Module Configuration, or I/O Module Operator role is required.
For the BladeCenter T Management Module, the Supervisor or Chassis Administration role is required to reset filter detection under MM Control → Alerts.
For the MM Control → Restore Defaults page, both the Chassis Administration and Chassis Configuration roles are required.