Pre-Enrollment steps on the System Manager

Last Updated : Oct 05, 2021 |

About this task

Perform the following procedure to prepare a System Manager account with the proper role and security credentials for Avaya Aura® MS. This account is used by Avaya Aura® MS to enroll with System Manager. Enrollment is not possible without this account. Perform this procedure only one time, before you enroll the first Avaya Aura® MS. This task is performed on the System Manager.

Before you begin

Ensure that you can access System Manager and the task Users > Administrators > Security > Roles.

Note:

  • Save the administrative account and password. These are required to enroll Avaya Aura® MS with System Manager.

  • System Manager 7.1.0 or higher limits the number of simultaneous sessions. The default number of sessions is 5. If you have multiple Avaya Aura® media servers enrolled with System Managerthat use the same System Manager administrative account and you exceed this limit you may experience issues.

Procedure

  1. Sign in to System Manager.
  2. Navigate to Users > Administrators > Security > Roles.
  3. To add permission to an existing role on the Roles page, highlight the Desired Role and click Edit to navigate to the Role Details page.
  4. Perform the following steps to create a new role:
    1. Select the role System Administrator.
    2. Click New.
    3. On the Add New Role page, set the role Name and Description.
    4. Click Commit. Click Continue.
  5. On the Role Details page, click Add Mapping….
  6. On the Select Element and/or Network Service to Map to Role page, select Avaya Aura Media Server as Element or Resource Type and All as Element or Resource Instance. Click Next.
  7. Click Commit.
  8. On the Role Details page, click Add Mapping....
  9. Select Elements as the Element or Resource Type and All as the Element or Resource Instance.
  10. Click Next.
  11. On the Permission Mapping page, enable add, change, delete and view for Role Resource Type Actions.
  12. Click Commit.
  13. To complete the creation of the new or existing role, on the Role Details page, click Commit.
  14. To assign the role to a new or existing System Manager account, navigate to Users > Administrators > User Services > Administrative Users .
  15. For an existing Administrator go to Step 21.
  16. To create a new Administrator, navigate on Administrative Users page, click Add…
  17. On Add New Administrative User Step 1 page, fill the required field. When done, click Commit and Continue.
  18. On Add New Administrative User Step 2 page, select and assign the role that has the related permissions (the AAMS element and elements) such as Avaya Aura Media Server Administrator. Click Commit.
  19. After creating the new administrative user, sign out of SMGR.
  20. Sign into System Manager Web UI again using the new administrative user and change the password at the first login.
  21. On the Administrative Users page, click the link of the System Manager administrative account to edit.
  22. On the User Details page, click Select Roles.
  23. On the User Roles page, select and assign the role that has the related permissions for Avaya Aura® MSelement and elements. For example, use the role Avaya Aura Media Server Administrator.
  24. Click Commit.
  25. On the User Details page, click Commit.