IBM XIV User Manual

Name Type Description Mandatory
category Enumeration The role of the user to
be created. Available
roles: storageadmin,
applicationadmin,
securityadmin and
readonly.
Y
email_
address
N/A Email address of this
user. The email address
specified here can be
used for event
notification. Entering
this address is optional.
The email address
format is any legal
email address.
N
number N/A Cellular phone number
of the user for event
notification via SMS,
excluding the area code.
Phone numbers and
area codes can be a
maximum of 63 digits,
dashes (-) and periods
(.)
N
area_code N/A Area code of the
cellular phone number
of the user. Phone
numbers and area codes
can be a maximum of
63 digits, dashes (-) and
periods (.)
N
This command adds a new user. Email address and phone number are optional
and can be used for event notification. The category (user role) may be only one of
those specified above (other categories contain only a single predefined user).
The maximum number of users is 32.
Two predefined users are set system-wide: Admin and Technician.
Example:
user_define user=xiv_user1 password=s0mePassw0rd password_verify=s0mePassw0rd
category=applicationadmin
Output:
Command executed successfully.
Access Control:
User Category Permission
Storage administrator Allowed
Storage integration administrator Disallowed
Application administrator Disallowed
Security administrator Allowed
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IBM XIV Specifications

General

Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
Drive Type	SATA
Redundancy	Fully redundant components
Connectivity	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form Factor	Rack-mounted
Cache	Distributed cache across modules
Data Protection	Snapshots, remote mirroring
Performance	High throughput and low latency
Scalability	Modular, scale-out architecture
Cooling	Redundant cooling
Architecture	Grid-based, distributed architecture