Enabling RBAC for use with SnapDrive for Windows

Before you can use DataFabric Manager role-based access control (RBAC) with SnapDrive for Windows, you must make this feature available by first enabling the service on your storage system, then configuring your SnapDrive for Windows system with the appropriate DataFabric Manager server credentials, and finally adding and assigning roles to SnapDrive for Windows users.

Using role-based access control (RBAC) with DataFabric Manager server
SnapDrive provides support for role-based access control with DataFabric Manager server to separate server administrator and storage administrator functions, and to limit SnapDrive actions and operations depending on the role or job function of the user.
Enabling RBAC on the storage system
The first step toward enabling RBAC for use with SnapDrive for Windows is having the storage administrator enable the feature on the storage system .
Configuring SnapDrive for Windows to use RBAC
After your storage administrator enables RBAC on the storage system , you must configure your SnapDrive for Windows host with the proper DataFabric Manager server credentials.
Creating SnapDrive user roles on DataFabric Manager server
After you configure SnapDrive for Windows to use RBAC, you must create roles on the DataFabric Manager server to grant access to SnapDrive for Windows users according to the SnapDrive operations you want them to perform.
Assigning roles to SnapDrive users on DataFabric Manager server
After you create roles on DataFabric Manager server, you must assign the roles to SnapDrive users.