Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Configure Local Storage Center User Password Requirements

Set local user password requirements to increase the complexity of local user passwords and improve the security of the Storage Center.

1. If the Dell Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. In the Summary tab, click Edit Settings.
   The Edit Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
3. Click the Password Configuration tab.
4. Select the Enabled checkbox.
5. Configure the password requirements as necessary.
   • To set the number of previous passwords that Storage Center checks against when validating a password, type a value in the History Retained field. To disable previous password validation, type 0.
   • To set the minimum number of characters in a new password, type a value in the Minimum Length field. To match the Storage Center minimum password length, set the value to 1.
   • To set the number of login failures that lock out an account, type a number in the Account Lockout Threshold field. To disable the account lockout threshold, type 0.
     NOTE:Only administrator-level accounts can unlock other Storage Center accounts. Have more than one Storage Center administrator-level account so that other Storage Center accounts can be unlocked.
   • To require new passwords to follow complexity standards, select the Complexity Enabled checkbox. To disable the password complexity requirement, clear the Complexity Enabled checkbox.
   • To set the number of days before a user can change his or her password, type a value in the Minimum Age field. To disable the minimum age requirement, type 0.
   • To set the number of days after which a password expires, type a value in the Maximum Age field. To disable the maximum age requirement, type 0.
   • To set the number of days before a password expires when the expiration warning message is issued, type a value in the Expiration Warning Time field. To disable the expiration warning message, type 0.
   • To specify the password expiration warning message that a user receives, type a warning message in the Expiration Warning Message. The expiration warning message is blank if this field is left empty.
6. Click OK.