Dell Unisphere for PowerMax 10.0.1.0 Installation Guide

Unisphere Initial Setup User

While installing the software, you are prompted to specify the Unisphere Initial Setup User. You can specify the user ID that you use to access the system (if User Authorization is enabled), or you can use the default user ID. If you plan on using the default ID, smc, there must be no user IDs listed in the user authorization database. If there are user IDs in the database (regardless of whether user authorization is enabled), you must use SYMCLI to add the default user ID (smc) to the database.

For more information about users and roles, see the Dell PowerMax Family Security Configuration Guide.

The role of the Unisphere Initial Setup User is to install and set up the Unisphere environment (create users and add roles). It is intended to be a temporary role as it enables you only to perform administrative tasks on storage systems that do not have defined user roles (authorization rules). After an Administrator or a SecurityAdmin is assigned to a storage system, the Unisphere Initial Setup User can no longer access or view the system from the Unisphere console. Dell Technologies recommends that users do not operate in this role for any longer than necessary.