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The HBAnyware Utility User Manual Page 100
HBAnyware Security
Introduction
After you install the base HBAnyware software, which includes the HBAnyware utility and remote server,
on a group of systems, the HBAnyware utility on any of those systems can remotely access and manage
the HBAs on any systems in the group. This may not be a desirable situation, because any system can
perform actions such as resetting boards or downloading firmware.
You can use the HBAnyware utility security package to control which HBAnyware enabled systems can
remotely access and manage HBAs on other systems in a FC network. HBAnyware security is systems-
based, not user-based. Anyone with access to a system that has been granted HBAnyware client
access to remote HBAs can manage those HBAs. Any unsecured system is still remotely accessible by
the HBAnyware client software (HBAnyware utility). The HBAnyware security software provides two
main security features:
1. Prevent remote HBA management from systems that you do not want to have this capability.
2. Prevent an accidental operation (such as firmware download) on a remote HBA. In this case,
you do not want to have access to HBAs in systems you are not responsible for maintaining.
When you install the HBAnyware utility Security software on a system and run the HBAnyware utility
Security Configurator for the first time, that system becomes the Master Security Client (MSC). All of the
available servers are discovered and are available to be part of the system Access Control Group
(ACG). You select the systems to add to the ACG, and the security configuration updates on all of the
selected servers as well as on the initial system. This selection constitutes the participating platforms in
this security installation.
Creating the Access Control Group
To create the ACG:
1. Start the HBAnyware utility Security Configurator for the first time in an unsecure environment. A
warning message appears.
2. Click OK. The Access Control Group tab appears:
Figure 41: Access Control Group tab - No ACG Servers