Configuring external application access

Use external application access settings to gain access to storage controllers.

Before you begin

You must be assigned the Hardware administration role with permission to Manage hardware resources (Full permission) to perform these steps.

About this task

An external application represents a set of users that grant access to internal components such as storage controllers.

You can use the console, the command line interface, or the REST API to complete this task. For the command line and REST API information, see the Related information section.

Procedure

  1. Click System > System Settings.
  2. Expand External Application Access Settings.
  3. To create an external application, click Create. This opens a dialog for creating the external application.
    1. Specify the Name to uniquely identify the external application.
    2. Select Grant Storage Access to indicate whether external users are created for access to storage controllers.
  4. To delete an external application access, click Delete in the Actions column.
  5. To view the list of external users, click Show details in the Actions column.