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How to Configure the Accessibility Mode for the Administrative UI

This product can be configured for accessibility.

The following graphic describes how to configure the accessibility mode for the Administrative UI:

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Administrative UI to change the Policy Server objects.
2. Pick an administrator type (from the following list):
   • Create an administrator.
   • Create a legacy administrator.
3. Configure the accessibility mode for the administrator.

Change the Policy Server Objects

Change the objects on your Policy Server by opening the Administrative UI.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the following URL in a browser.

   https://host_name:8443/iam/siteminder/adminui
   

   host_name

   Specifies the fully qualified Administrative UI host system name.

2. Enter your CA SiteMinder® superuser name in the User Name field.
3. Enter the CA SiteMinder® superuser account password in the Password field.

   Note: If your superuser account password contains dollar‑sign ($) characters, replace each instance of the dollar-sign character with $DOLLAR$. For example, if the CA SiteMinder® superuser account password is $password, enter $DOLLAR$password in the Password field.

4. Verify that the proper server name or IP address appears in the Server drop-down list.
5. Select Log In.

Pick an Administrator Type

The following types of administrators are available:

• The administrators who have their accounts and credentials that are stored in an external third-party database outside of the product.
• The legacy administrators who have their accounts and credentials that are stored inside the policy store.

Any type of administrators can be configured to use the accessibility mode. However, to create administrators, an external database must be configured first.

Pick one of the following administrator types for which you want to configure the accessibility mode:

• Administrator
• Legacy Administrator

Create an Administrator

You create a legacy administrator in the Administrative UI. This legacy administrator uses the accessibility mode of the product.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Administration, Administrator.
2. Select Administrators.
3. Select Create Administrator.
4. Select Lookup under General.
5. Specify search criteria and Select Search.
6. Select the administrator that you want and pick Select.
7. Select Submit.
8. Configure the accessibility mode for this administrator.

Create a Legacy Administrator

You create a legacy administrator in the Administrative UI. This legacy administrator uses the accessibility mode of the product.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Administrative UI, select Administration, Administrator, Legacy Administrators.
2. Select Create Legacy Administrator.
3. Verify that the following option button is selected:

   Create a new object of type Legacy Administrator
   

4. Select OK.
5. Select the Name field, and then enter a user name of the Legacy Administrator.
6. Verify that the following option button is selected:

   SiteMinder database
   

7. Select the Password field and type a password for the Legacy Administrator.
8. Select the Confirm Password and type the same password that you used in Step 7.
9. Select the following option button:

   System
   

10. Select Submit.
11. Configure the accessibility mode for this administrator.

Configure the Accessibility Mode for the Administrator

Configure the accessibility mode for the administrator after creating it.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Administrative UI, select Administration, Administrator, Administrators.
2. Select the edit icon to the right of the legacy administrator to which you want to configure the accessibility mode.
3. Select the following check box:

   GUI Allowed
   

4. Select Add.
5. Configure the accessibility mode by doing the following steps:
   1. On the Create Permission screen, select the check boxes of the items that are shown in the Security Category column of the following table.
   2. After all of the check boxes corresponding to the Security Category column are selected, select OK.
   3. Select the check boxes for the permissions columns (V, M, and X) as shown in the following table.
6. Select Submit.

   The accessibility mode is configured and a confirmation message appears. Any administrators who require the accessibility mode can use this administrator account to access the Administrative UI.