SuperCluster Systems Admin Role

The SuperCluster Systems Administrator is responsible for overall monitoring and management of all associated Oracle SuperCluster systems.

The SuperCluster Systems Administrator also has privileges to manage Virtual Pools, Storage, and Oracle Solaris Cluster. As a SuperCluster Systems Administrator, you can perform most of the operations that are allowed in the context of the Oracle SuperCluster system.

The SuperCluster Systems Administrator role is a default role recommended for the management of the Oracle SuperCluster system.

Prerequisites: The user must be familiar with the use of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center and be familiar with hardware management and OS management in general.

Creating a SuperCluster Systems Administrator Role

SuperCluster Systems Administrator role allows you to manage an Oracle SuperCluster system. You can create one or more users that have access to the same Oracle SuperCluster system.

Note:

Before you create a SuperCluster Systems Administrator role, create a user on your OS or connect to the LDAP sever.

To create a SuperCluster Systems Administrator role, perform the following steps:

1. In the Navigation pane, click Administration.
2. Under Enterprise Controller, click Local Users.

   Figure 2-1 Local Users

   
   Description of "Figure 2-1 Local Users"
3. In the Actions pane, click Add User.

   Figure 2-2 Add User

   
   Description of "Figure 2-2 Add User"
4. In the User Name field, enter a name for the user role (for example, sscadmin, provided such local user exists on the OS or directory server if configured). The sscadmin user requires a UNIX user on the Enterprise Controller system where Oracle Supercluster system will be managed and monitored.
5. Select SuperCluster Systems Admin in the Available Roles section and click the right arrow to move the role to the Selected Roles section.
6. Click Add User. The new user role is added.

Assign Permissions to the Role

Procedure to assign permissions to a role.

After you add the role, you must assign permissions to the new role that you created.

1. In the Navigation pane, click Administration.
2. Under Enterprise Controller, click Local Users.
3. In the center pane, click the Users tab.
4. Select the sscadmin user, then click the Manage User Roles icon.

   Figure 2-3 Manage User Roles

   
   Description of "Figure 2-3 Manage User Roles"
5. In the User Roles screen, uncheck Use the default Role associations, then click Next.

   Figure 2-4 Manage Roles

   
   Description of "Figure 2-4 Manage Roles"
6. In the Specify Asset Privileges screen, expand All Assets, then expand Oracle Engineered Systems.

   Figure 2-5 Specify Asset Privileges

   
   Description of "Figure 2-5 Specify Asset Privileges"
7. Select the Oracle SuperCluster assets that you want the SuperCluster Systems Admin to manage.
8. Click Next on the following screens.
9. Review the Summary, then click Finish. Only the Oracle SuperCluster assets that have been selected are displayed in the Navigation pane under All Assets.

Note:

The SuperCluster Systems Admin role prevents you from performing unsupported actions by mistake.

SuperCluster Systems Admin Role Permissions

As a SuperCluster Systems Admin, you can perform most operations available in Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center.

However, some operations are disabled because they could compromise pre-installed Oracle Engineered Systems' hardware or software infrastructure.

The following actions are disabled for SuperCluster Systems Admin user:

• PDOM management (creating LDOMs on M-series servers)

• LDOM management (Connect Network and Storage Management with the exception of Starting / Shutting down / Rebooting LDOM)

• Install / Update OS on LDOMs and Global zones

• Install Server

• Rack management

• Chassis management

• Network Switch management

• Network infrastructure operations (Attach network to global zone, IPMP operations)

• Firmware updates

• EC Management (downloads, upgrade, EC Proxy / Agent management, storage library management)

• OVM management

• Asset discovery

• Create logical domain

• Switch management (edit action is permitted)

• Remove SuperCluster

Note:

Oracle Solaris cloud management operations and virtual datacenter (vDC) functionality cannot be performed by Supercluster Systems Admin user. To perform these actions, create Cloud Admin and Cloud User roles.