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For rapid access, the Element Manager saves the IP address and community string of recent
administrators. These address/community string pairs are displayed in a scroll-list the next time you
want to open an Element Manager session. Note that whoever logs on after you can reuse this
connection information and, if you connected with superuser permissions, the person who follows after
you shall be able to do so, too.
You can disable this functionality by referring to “Disabling the Element Manager Auto-Connection”
on page 51.
Disabling the Element Manager Auto-Connection
To disable automatic connection saving in the Element Manager:
1. Select
File->Preferences…
2. Select the
Misc
tab.
3. Unclick the
Save communities in lastopen file
toggle.
Changing Community Strings
Use the CLI to set or change SNMP community strings. The user must have a SNMP community string
to begin an Element Manager session. If you do not want users to have SNMP access to the Topspin
system, remove their community string.
To change community strings:
1. Log in as the unrestricted user.
Only a user with unrestricted permissions may create and modify user accounts. However, any user
with write access (administrative and unrestricted) can remove their own community string.
2. Enter the privileged-user mode.
Table 6-3: User Account Administrative Commands
Command Task
username user password
passwd
Creates a new user account.
username user no Deletes a user account.
username user
community-string string
Assigns a community string to a user account.
username user
no-community-string
Removes a community string from a user account.
username user privilege
priv1 [priv2] [priv3]
Assigns one or more permission level(s) to a user account. Refer to
“Privileges” on page 46 for a list of privilege levels.
Example: ib-ro, ib-rw, ip-ethernet-ro, ip-ethernet-rw, fc-ro, fc-rw,
unrestricted-rw
username user no
permission
Assigns a default permission level to a user.
username user enable Administratively enables a User Account.
username user disable Administratively disables a User Account.
Login: super
Password: xxxx
Topspin-360>
Topspin-360> enable
Topspin-360#
