Chapter 39 Configuring User And Common Role; About Roles; Configuring Roles And Profiles - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Role-Based Authorization
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About Roles

Each role can contain multiple users and each user can be part of multiple roles. For example, if role1
users are only allowed access to configuration commands, and role2 users are only allowed access to
debug commands, then if Joe belongs to both role1 and role2, he can access configuration as well as
debug commands.
If you belong to multiple roles, you can execute a union of all the commands permitted by these roles.
Note
Access to a command takes priority over being denied access to a command. For example, suppose you
belong to a TechDocs group and you were denied access to configuration commands. However, you also
belong to the engineering group and have access to configuration commands. In this case, you will have
access to configuration commands.
Any role, when created, does not allow access to the required commands immediately. The administrator
Tip
must configure appropriate rules for each role to allow access to the required commands.

Configuring Roles and Profiles

To create an additional role or to modify the profile for an existing role using Fabric Manager, follow
these steps:
Expand Switches > Security and then select Users and Roles from the Physical Attributes pane. Click
Step 1
the Roles tab in the Information pane.
You see the information as shown in
Figure 39-1
Click Create Row to create a role in Fabric Manager.
Step 2
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Figure 39-1
Roles Tab in Users and Roles Screen
Chapter 39 Configuring Users and Common Roles
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