Password Protection

This help page provides information to guide you through the procedure to use Navigator 2 to set up and use the Password Protection storage feature on legacy Hitachi Data Systems arrays. It contains the following topics:

Overview (back to top)

Password Protection is a feature that may be used on some older Hitachi Data Systems arrays that prevents Navigator 2 users who do not have the proper permissions from accessing storage arrays on which password protection is set. It can also be used to prevent simultaneous access to an array by more than one user. This feature is not used to control access to Navigator 2, but to the arrays it manages.

NOTE: This feature is not available or used in the AMS 2000 Family or the Simple Modular Storage 100 line of products.

To access the Password Protection feature for a legacy array:

In the Array List window, click the name of the array on which you want to set password protection. The Array Properties window for that array is displayed.

NOTE: Once password protection has been set on an array, you must enter a valid user ID and the password for that ID to log on to that array and display its properties window.

In the Explorer tree of the Array Properties window, click Settings > Password Protection. The Password Protection window is displayed. It includes a table that lists the user IDs of the registered users of Navigator 2. The table includes the following information about each user ID.

Item	Description
User ID	This field displays ID of the Navigator 2 user.
Description	This field shows the description of the user ID.

The window includes four function buttons, Create User ID, Edit User ID, Delete User ID, and Change Password. The procedures to use each button are described below.

Adding a User ID (back to top)

To add one or more user IDs to the selected array:

In the Explorer tree, select Settings > Password Protection. The Password Protection window is displayed.
Select one or more user to add in the Password Protection window, and check the box. Click Add User ID.
Enter the information for user ID property from 4 to 12 characters (alphanumeric characters and symbols including: "-", "_").
Click OK to save and result window displayed. Click Close to close the dialog box and return to the Password Protection window. The list of user ID that you just added should now be displayed in the window.

Changing a User ID

To change the Password Protection user ID:

In the Explorer tree, select Settings > Password Protection.. The Password Protection window is displayed.
In the Password Protection window, click the next to each user ID that you want to change.
Click Change User ID.
Enter a new user ID for each user you selected. You can use from 4 to 12 alphanumeric characters and symbols including:dashes, commas, and underbars ( "-", "_").
Click OK to save the changes. Navigator 2 displays a message window that shows the results of the operation.
Click Close to close the dialog box and return to the Password Protection window. The list of new user IDs that you just changed should now be displayed in the window.

Deleting a User ID (back to top)

To delete the Password Protection user ID:

In the Explorer tree, select Settings > Password Protection. The Password Protection window is displayed.
In the Password Protection window, click the next to each user ID that you want to delete.
Click Delete User ID.
In the displayed message box, read the confirmation and warnings, then click the check box to the left of the text to agree.
Click OK to save the changes. Navigator 2 displays a message window that shows the results of the operation.
Click Close to close the dialog box and return to the Password Protection window. The user IDs that you just deleted should now be removed from the window.

Changing a Password (back to top)

To change the password associated with a Password Protection User ID

In the Explorer tree, select Settings > Password Protection. The Password Protection window is displayed.
In the Password Protection window, select one or more users whose passwords you want to change and check the box Change Password.
Enter a new password for each selected user. You can use from 4 to 12 alphanumeric characters and symbols including:dashes, commas, and underbars ( "-", "_").
Click OK to save the changes. Navigator 2 displays a message window that shows the results of the operation.
Click Close to close the dialog box and return to the Password Protection window. The list of user IDs and new passwords should now be displayed in the window.