Authenticate a User on Client Servers

To use Unified Management to access existing client servers, a user must have the following credentials.

• A user account on the management server that has permission to use Unified Management features
• An authentication account on each client server that provides access to the features to use on the client server

Except for the account that is used when the server is first added, the authentication account does not need Unified Management permissions. The permissions of the authentication account determine what a Unified Management user can do on a client server. In effect, the authentication account determines who a user is when they are on a client server.

Procedure

1. Create an account with Unified Management permissions, or add those permissions to an existing account.
2. Log in to the management server with the created account.
3. On the console menu, click User Settings on the user name menu.
   
4. In the Unified Server Authentication panel, click the Authenticate button for the first server. The Authentication dialog opens.
5. In the Authentication dialog, provide a console user account and password on the client server that has the permissions this user must have when they access the client server through the management server. Click Submit.
   If you provide a valid account on the client server, the user is authenticated for Unified Management access to that client server.
6. Click the Authenticate button for the next unauthenticated server and repeat Step 5. Continue authenticating servers until they all show that they are “Connected, authenticated.”
7. When all servers are authenticated with this user, click the Save button at the bottom of the page.