Configuring administrator accounts, Administrator overview, Access controls – HP Secure Key Manager User Manual

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• Security Warnings – an administrative experienced multiple password failures while attempting

to log in, the system was reset to factory settings, the system was restored to default settings,
configuration data was corrupted or modified.

• Generic Security Objects – Content detected as defaced, invalid client certificate, multiple

username/password failures from a user, wrong key in use, operation not permitted, other
security warning.

• Cluster Objects – Server joined/left cluster, success or failure notification for the following: key

replication, key deletion, user or group replication, LDAP configuration replication, authorization
policy replication, cluster synchronization.

• LDAP Notification Objects – LDAP server connection succeeded, LDAP server connection failed,

switching to alternate LDAP server.

• License Notification Objects – No licenses available.

Hardware Objects/Traps.
• System Notification Objects – system starting up/shutting down, system preparing to restart/halt.
• Power Supply Notification Objects – Power supply operational/non-operational.
• Fan Notification – Fault detected.
• Disk Utilization – Disk usage exceeded.
• RAID Disk Notification – disk operational, disk failed, disk recovering, disk status unknown,

disk removed, disk added.

Configuring administrator accounts

The Administrator Configuration page allows you to create administrator accounts, specify access
control options, manage passwords and password settings, require that multiple administrators
authorize certain operations, and configure remote administration settings. This chapter contains the
following information:

Administrator Overview
Administrator procedures
Administrator Procedures
Password Management Overview
Password Management Sections
Password Management Procedures
Multiple Credentials Overview
Multiple Credentials Sections
Multiple Credentials Procedures
Remote Administration Settings Overview
Remote Administration Settings Sections

Administrator overview

An administrator is a user who can configure and manage the SKM appliance. This is done using
the Management Console and the Command Line Interface (CLI). An administrator’s access control
settings determine which features can be configured and which operations can be performed.

Access controls

An access control is the permission to configure a feature or perform an operation. To create a
certificate, the administrator must have the Certificates access control. Access Controls are managed

Using the Management Console

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