Dell PowerFlex v3.6.x User Roles and LDAP Usage Technical Notes

User permissions

The following table describes the permissions defined for each user role, depending on whether native or LDAP authentication is used:

Table 1. Permissions by user roleThis table describes the permissions defined for each user role for local users and LDAP users.
User role	Query		Configure parameters		Configure user credentials
User role	Local	LDAP	Local	LDAP	Local	LDAP
Superuser (Only one Superuser is allowed per system, and it must be a local user.)	Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A
Security	No	No	No	No	Can assign Administrator users and control LDAP
Administrator	Yes	No	Yes	No	Can assign Configure and Monitor users
Configure (This role is only applicable for local users.)	Yes	N/A	Yes (an aggregate of FrontendConfigure and BackendConfigure)	N/A	No	N/A
FrontendConfigure	Yes	No	Yes Frontend operations only (volumes, SDCs, snapshots)		No	No
BackendConfigure	Yes	No	Yes Backend operations only (Protection Domains, Storage Pools, Fault Sets, SDSs, devices, other system settings)		No	No
Monitor	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No