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Supported Roles

Roles enable you to specify which operations and permissions are assigned to a user or a set of users who share similar responsibilities. When a user is assigned a role, the set of functions called tasks are associated to that role become available to the user. As a result, administrators can exercise fine-grain control on the tasks that are assigned to each user in the system.

The Administration Console provides the flexibility to set up your administration hierarchy and assign rights to the administrators. You can create different levels of administrators, each with varying degrees of control. You can also create administrators who can, in turn, delegate administration tasks to other users.

The Administration Console supports the following types of roles: