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Security

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There are several related tasks you can perform as part of securing an ONTAP Select deployment.

Change the Deploy administrator password

You can change the password for the Deploy virtual machine administrator account as needed using the web user interface.

Steps

  1. Sign in to the Deploy utility web user interface using the administrator account.

  2. Click the figure icon at the top right of the page and select Change Password.

  3. Provide the current and new password as prompted and click Submit.

Add a management server account

You can add a management server account to the Deploy credential store database.

Before you begin

You should be familiar with the types of credentials and how they are used by ONTAP Select Deploy.

Steps

  1. Sign in to the Deploy utility web user interface using the administrator account.

  2. Click the Administration tab at the top of the page.

  3. Click Management Servers and then click Add vCenter.

  4. Enter the following information and click Add.

    In this field … Do the following …

    Name/IP Address

    Provide the domain name or IP address of the vCenter server.

    Username

    Enter the account user name to access vCenter.

    Password

    Enter the password for the associated user name.

  5. You can optionally register (install) the Deploy vCenter plug-in.

  6. After the new management server is added, you can optionally click Options and select one of the following:

    • Update credentials

    • Register as plug-in

    • Verify credentials

    • Remove management server