Avocent AMX5020 KVM Switch AMX5020-202 Manual
Product codes
AMX5020-202
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C H A P T E R
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Advanced Operations
User Maintenance
The AMX switching system can be configured to support up to 128 users. Each user is identified by
a unique name and password and can be assigned full, view only or no rights to servers attached to
the AMX switch. These actions, as well as deleting and editing users once they are configured, are
performed through the Admin menu and require that the user be logged in under the Admin user.
You also can perform user maintenance through the AMWorks software.
a unique name and password and can be assigned full, view only or no rights to servers attached to
the AMX switch. These actions, as well as deleting and editing users once they are configured, are
performed through the Admin menu and require that the user be logged in under the Admin user.
You also can perform user maintenance through the AMWorks software.
NOTE: By default all user stations automatically enable login using
admin
as the username. The system
administrator can use the Force Login option to require all users to log in with specific usernames.
To add a user:
1.
Press
Ctrl+Ctrl
to launch the OSCAR interface.
2.
Click the Admin tab.
3.
Click the down arrow navigation button to display the User Admin screen. A list of
users displays. See Table 3.2 for a list of the OSCAR interface navigation buttons.
Figure 4.1: OSCAR Interface User Admin
4.
Click the Add user button. The Add User screen displays.