Administrator Functions

5.1 User Administrative Functions

Procedure: Create a New User

Procedure: Delete an Existing User

Procedure: Edit the Profile of an Existing User

5.2 System Administrative Functions

5.2.1 Network Control Board

Procedure: Set the System Time

Procedure: Enable Simple Network Timing Protocol

5.2.2 Boot Log

5.3 Exiting the Application

Administrator Functions

This chapter describes how to use the Cisco ONS 15200 web interface software to perform administrator functions on the Cisco ONS 15200 system. An administrator can assign three different user levels:

Guest—read-only permission
Operator—read permission and write permission to set and change parameters
Administrator—permissions to assign user rights

Additionally, an administrator can access certain administrative functions of the Cisco ONS 15200 system. These functions are:

Changing Inventory data and address information of the Network Control Board (NCB)
Setting date and time
Using Simple Network Timing Protocol (SNTP) to synchronize all ONS 15200 network element clocks
Registering all booting activities in the boot log.

5.1 User Administrative Functions

After logging in, click Users in the navigation area to view the screen in Figure 5-1.

Figure 5-1: Administrative functions in the ONS 15200 web interface software program

Procedure: Create a New User

Step 1 Click Create User to open the screen in Figure 5-2.

Step 2 Type the new user's ID into the User Id field. The User Id (or user name) can be any string of 6 to 30 characters; valid characters are all the letters a to z, all the letters A to Z, the figures 0 to 9, and the underscore "_" character. The User Id cannot begin with a numeral.

Step 3 Type the password for the new user into the Password field. The Password can be any string of 6 to 30 characters; valid characters are all the letters a to z, all the letters A to Z, the figures 0 to 9, and the underscore "_" character.

Step 4 Retype the password for the new user in the Confirm Password field.

Step 5 Set the privileges—administrator, operator, or guest— for the new user in the Privileges field.

Step 6 Type the Auto logout time in minutes (the time of inactivity after which a user will automatically be logged out) into the Auto logout after specified time in minutes field.

Step 7 Click Apply.

Figure 5-2: Create User screen in the ONS 15200 web interface software program

Procedure: Delete an Existing User

Step 1 In the navigation area, click the second line in the available choices, Delete User. The screen in Figure 5-3 opens.

Step 2 Click the check box of the user you want to delete.

Step 3 Click Apply. The user's access rights to the system are cancelled.

Figure 5-3: Delete User screen in the ONS 15200 web interface software program

Procedure: Edit the Profile of an Existing User

Step 1 Click the user name you want to edit. The screen in Figure 5-4 opens.

Step 2 Change the parameters shown in Table 5-1, as necessary.

Table 5-1: Parameters for an Existing User

Parameter	Possible Values
Privileges	Guest Operator Administrator
State	Online Offline Disabled Suspended
Timeout	Time of inactivity until logout, in minutes
Password	See the "Create a New User" procedure for password requirements

Figure 5-4: User Properties screen in the ONS 15200 web interface software program

Figure 5-5 shows an example of possible values for the state parameter.

Figure 5-5: Editing the state parameter in the ONS 15200 web interface software program

5.2 System Administrative Functions

System administrative functions of the Cisco ONS 15200 system include:

Viewing the address and inventory information of the Network Control Board (NCB)
Viewing all registered booting activities in the boot log
Setting or changing the system date and time
Enabling SNTP to synchronize the NCB clock to an NCB server

5.2.1 Network Control Board

Click This NCB in the navigation area to display the screen shown in Figure 5-6. The NCB Summary screen shows the status of the network element and its inventory data, software versions, and addresses.

Figure 5-6: NCB Summary screen in the ONS 15200 web interface software program

Procedure: Set the System Time

Step 1 Click Date and Time to open the screen as shown in Figure 5-7. This screen shows the date and time information programmed into the system.

Step 2 To change the date, type the correct date using the format yyyy:mm:dd.

Step 3 To change the time, type the correct time using the format hh:mm:ss.

Step 4 Click Apply.

Note If SNTP is configured, manually setting the date and time is obsolete.

Figure 5-7: System Time screen in the ONS 15200 web interface software program

Procedure: Enable Simple Network Timing Protocol

Step 1 Click Sntp to open the screen shown in Figure 5-8. The SNTP Properties screen shows the existing values of the SNTP server address, the time zone in hours from UTC (GMT), the dates (day and month, dd:mm) for switching daylight saving time on and off, and the number of minutes between synchronization.

Step 2 To change any value, click the corresponding bar and edit the value.

Step 3 Click Apply.

Figure 5-8: SNTP Properties screen in the ONS 15200 web interface software program

5.2.2 Boot Log

Click Boot Log to open the screen shown in Figure 5-9. This screen shows the boot activities including restarts and power failures, as well as their associated date and time stamps.

Figure 5-9: Boot Log screen in the ONS 15200 web interface software program

5.3 Exiting the Application

To terminate the session with this Cisco ONS 15200 system, click the logout symbol and close the web browser window.

Note You are logged out just by leaving the web page.

Clicking the browser´s reload button also terminates the session.

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