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Administrator Session Management

Only one administrative session can be active at a time. The single administrative session prevents simultaneous editing of federation objects if an administrator tries to establish a new session. When any new login attempt is made after an administrative session is established, you receive a warning message.

The warning message tells the administrator that a session exists. If the administrator proceeds to log in using the same credentials, the system invalidates the existing session and any unsaved data is lost. After the first session becomes invalid, the administrator of the first session is logged out. If the administrator tries any configuration activity, the system redirects the administrator to the login dialog.

The next section describes what happens when one administrator attempts to log in using the same credentials as an already established administrator session.