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Active System Manager Release 8.1.1 User’s Guide

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Creating credentials

To create new credentials:
  1. In the left pane, click Settings, and then click Credentials Management.
  2. On the Credentials Management page, click Create.
  3. In the Create Credentials dialog box, from the Credential Type drop-down list, select one of the following resource types for which you want to create the credentials:
    • Chassis
    • Server
    • Switch
    • vCenter
    • SCVMM
    • Storage
    • Element Manager
  4. In the Credential Name field, type the name to identify the credential.
  5. In the User Name field, type the user name for the credential.
    • NOTE: root is the only valid user name for root-level credentials on chassis (CMC), servers (iDRAC), and I/O modules. You can add local CMC and iDRAC users with user names other than root.
  6. In the Password and the Confirm Password boxes, type the password for the credential.
    • NOTE: For valid user name and password formats, see the iDRAC, CMC, I/O module, or see the storage third-party documentation.
  7. Optionally, for VMware vCenter, SCVMM and Element Manager, in the Domain box, enter the domain ID
  8. Optionally, for switch credentials:
    1. Under Protocol, click one of the following connection protocols used to access the resource from remote.
      • Telnet
      • SSH
    2. Under SNMP Configuration, in the SNMP v2 Community String box, type the SNMP v2 community string required to access the resource.
  9. To save the credential, click Save.

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