HP 3PAR Service Processors - Manual (Page 11)

3PAR Secure Service Policy Manager User’s Guide
2.1
Overview
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Overview
In this chapter
2.1 What is the 3PAR Secure Service Policy Manager? 2.1
2.2 User Authentications 2.2
2.3 3PAR Secure Service Policy Manager Connections 2.3
2.4 How It All Works 2.4
2.1 What is the 3PAR Secure Service Policy Manager?
The 3PAR Secure Service Policy Manager (Policy Manager) is server-based software application
that enables customers to control and monitor communications between the 3PAR Secure
Service Custodian (Custodian) and the 3PAR Secure Service Collector Server (Collector Server).
This server-based application resides on a customer's network and sets and controls all Secure
Service Architecture permissions for the Custodians on that network. Policy Manager can be
installed to enable only authorized access and use of the managed Custodians.
The Policy Manager manages all operations the Collector Server requests to perform on
Custodians, and a subset of actions a Custodian will perform based on its own configuration.
The list of managed operations includes Custodian-specific actions, remote access connections
to the Custodian, file uploads, script and package registration and execution, and more.
Custodian policies and permissions are configured through the Policy Manager’s browser-
based user application pages. Through the application pages, authenticated users can set up