Security Gateway Overview

Enterprise Manager relies on a security gateway for centralized authentication.

When a user tries to access Enterprise Manager, the gateway displays a login page. The user must enter a user name and password. If the user name and password are valid, then the home page of Enterprise Manager appears.

Enterprise Manager is composed of various management applications. All of the management applications rely on the security gateway for authentication. After a user is authenticated during the login procedure, the user can access each management application without needing to reenter the user name and password. This feature is called single sign-on.

When a user exits Enterprise Manager and then attempts to log in at a later time, the gateway once again displays the login screen.