Decentralized user management
User management is decentralized when a Chassis Management Module (CMM) uses its own user registry (and not that of the IBM® Flex System Manager management software) or uses an external user registry such as an external LDAP server.
Note: It is not mandatory for a CMM to
match the security policy level of the management software.
However, if the security policies do not match, Warning is
displayed in the status column in the Chassis Manager view of the management software web
interface. Click Warning to see details about
the management software and CMM user
registry and security policy status.
With decentralized management, the user accounts on the management software and CMMs can be unique. For example, each CMM can have a local myuser account with different passwords.