Device authentication
When Netcool Configuration Manager sets up the communication between itself and a device, it builds a list of credentials to use when authenticating.
The application starts at the first credential set and continues to the last set or until success is achieved. The recommended method of supplying usernames and passwords is the Authentication GR. A default Authentication GR is created in the Resource Browser at install time. The end user that is submitting the UOW can enter the username, password, and enable-password.
If
the user has set the Core/useCachedAuthCredential in rseries.properties to
TRUE, and Netcool Configuration
Manager successfully
connects to a device using the credentials from the AuthenticationGR,
these credentials are cached. The next time Netcool Configuration
Manager attempts
to connect to that device, it will try to use the cached credentials
for that device before looping through the full list in the AuthenticationGR.
This will reduce the time taken for Netcool Configuration
Manager to
connect to devices.
An Authentication GR allows users to specify user login credentials. To edit the default Authentication GR, you must locate it in the Resource Browser, then perform a right-click operation, and select edit.