Updating Credentials

You will only be allowed to Update Credentials using the
Update Credentials
bar on this
Communication
tab if you have previously been granted the appropriate permissions from your System Administrator. If the Update Credentials bar is grayed out, you do not have the appropriate permission.
You can also use the
Override button
on the
Schedule Manager
menu bar to get to the Update Credentials windows.
Updating Credentials on Multi-Levels includes the following process.
  1. From the devices view, select the
    devices
    that support levels.
  2. Select
    Communications
    from the Device Properties tab.
  3. Select
    Update Credentials
    .
At the In-Band tab,
  1. At the Update Credential window, you can select either In-Band or Out-of-Band tabs.
    You have the option of selecting to
    Schedule
    to push your changes to the devices.
  2. In-Band tab, make the selections from the drop-down arrows in the
    Management
    section:
    • Mechanism
    • Account Credential
    • Privilege Password
  3. Make the selections from the drop-down arrows in the
    SNMP Credentials
    section:
    • SNMP Port
    • SNMP v1, v2, or v3, and select these to be Active
  4. Make the selections from the drop-down arrows in the
    Cut-Through
    section:
    • Mechanism
    • Account Credential (this can either be
      User Prompted
      or
      User Account
      ).
    • Privilege Password
  5. Select to Schedule, Save Only, or Cancel the information you have selected from this window.
At the Out-of-Band tab,
  1. At the Update Credential window, you can select either In-Band or
    Out-of-Band
    tabs.
  2. At the Out-of-Band tab, make the selections from the drop-down arrows in the Management section:
    • Out-of-Band (OOB) Server
    • Account Credentials
    • Privilege Password
  3. From the
    Cut-Through
    section, make your selections from the:
    • Out-of-Band Server
    • Account Credential
    • Privilege Password
  4. At the
    Connect String
    section:
    • Enter a Dial string
    • Enter a Port Number
  5. When you have made selections for the Management, and Cut-Through sections, and entered the needed information in the Connect String section, you can then click
    Schedule
    to push your changes to the devices, or click
    Save Only
    to update the database associations only.
You have the option of selecting to
Schedule
to push your changes to the devices.