## Understanding the Security Manager

You might want to review the following information before using the Security Manager:

- Introduction
- Security list interface
- Security event viewer and events

### Introduction

You can use the Security Manager to give users the ability to configure and view controller information from remote systems.

The Security Manager is enabled by default. You must configure at least one user name and password before any user can connect to the local system. You can disable the Security Manager by selecting Disable security from the Actions menu. If you disable the Security Manager, any user can establish a connection with the local system and modify the RAID subsystem. This might create security concerns in a working environment.

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- If the Security Manager is disabled, is on the tab.

The Security Manager consists of the following:

Tool bar | Provides quick-path icons for common tasks.
Security list | Displays the users with access to this system.
Security event viewer | Displays status information for the Security Manager.

The first time you open the Security Manager, the Manager prompts you to type an Admin (administrator) password. Either type a password or click Cancel to not have an Admin user.

### The Security list

The security list has three columns. You can double-click any of these columns for detailed information:

User name | The log-in name for a user connecting from a remote system. The user name is not case sensitive.
Full name | The full name of the user.
Description | A description of the user.

### Security event viewer and events

The Security event viewer has four columns. You can double-click any event in the event viewer and the Security event detail window opens. The window contains the same information as the event viewer, but in a larger, easier-to-read window.

Type | The type of event (that is, Information, Warning, or Error).
Date | The date the event occurred.
Time | The time the event occurred.
User name | The user name for which the event was generated.
Security event description | The event description.

In addition to displaying the events in the event viewer, the Security Manager appends each event to a logging file, RAIDSEC.LOG. If this file exceeds 200 KB, the Manager copies the file to RAIDSEC.OLD and creates a new RAIDSEC.LOG. If there is a RAIDSEC.OLD already, the Manager overwrites it.