Create a role

Log in to the NSP as an administrator.

Open Users and Security.

Select Roles from the drop-down list on the toolbar.

Click Create Role. The Create Role form opens.

In the Identification panel, specify a role name and description.

The Role Name and Description fields can employ only the following special characters: @ - _.

The Role Name string must not contain any spaces, including a leading or trailing space.

To assign NSP functional access to the role, go to the Action Permissions panel and select an access level from the drop-down list for each NSP GUI you want to include in the role. 

To assign network resource access to the role, go to the Resource Groups Access panel. (For a detailed explanation of the Resource Groups Access panel, see How do I set network resource access levels? in the NSP System Administrator Guide.)

You can assign resource group access globally, to resource group categories, to individual resource groups, or a combination of these. For service management it is recommended to grant access to all equipment and all services: 

• Access To All Equipment assigns full permissions on all NE resource groups and port resource groups to the role.

• Access To All Services assigns full permissions on all service resource groups to the role.

Click CREATE to save your changes and return to the Roles list.

Create a user group

Open Users and Security.

Select User Groups from the drop-down list on the toolbar.

Click Create User Group. The Create User Group form opens.

Specify a group name and description in the Identification panel.

The user group name you specify here must exactly match a corresponding user group name returned by your user repository.

The User Group Name and Description fields can employ only the following special characters: @ - _.

The User Group Name string must not contain spaces, including a leading or trailing space.

To assign user roles to the group, click Add Roles on the Roles panel. The Add Roles form opens.

Enable the check box for the role you configured in Create a role and click Done. The role is added to the Selected Roles list.

Click CREATE to save your changes and return to the User Groups list.

Create a user

Open Users and Security.

Select Users from the drop-down list on the toolbar.

Click Create User.

In the Create User form, specify user identification information for the account in the Identification section. The Username and User Group fields are mandatory.

Note: Any uppercase characters in the username are saved as lowercase.

The Username value:

• can be 1 to 40 characters long

• cannot include a space

• cannot have a leading or trailing space

• can include only the following special characters:

  • @ (at sign)

  • - (hyphen)

  • _ (underscore)

  • . (period)

In the User Group field, select the user group you created in Create a user group.

In the Password section, specify and confirm a password for the user account.

• If you want this password to be temporary, enable the Force User to Change Password option. The new user will be forced to change their password when they first login to NSP.

• Enable the Show Password option to see the password characters as you type them.

• Click on the Password Requirements link to view a list of minimum security requirements for the password.

Click CREATE.

Enable user access control

Open Users and Security, User Groups.

Click More Actions, Settings.

In the Access Control Settings form, enable the NSP User Access Control option.

Click SAVE to enable access control.

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