ONTAP 9 Manuals ( CA08871-402 )

Learn about administrator authentication and RBAC in ONTAP

You can enable login accounts for ONTAP cluster administrators and storage virtual machine (SVM) administrators. You can also use role-based access control (RBAC) to define the capabilities of administrators.

You can enable local administrator accounts to access an admin storage virtual machine (SVM) or a data SVM with the following types of authentication:

You can enable remote administrator accounts to access an admin SVM or a data SVM with the following types of authentication:

  • Active Directory

    Beginning with ONTAP 9.13.1, you can use an SSH public key as either your primary or secondary authentication method for an Active Directory user.

  • SAML authentication (only for admin SVM)

    Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication can be used for accessing the admin SVM by using any of the following web services: Service Processor Infrastructure, ONTAP APIs, or ONTAP System Manager.

  • LDAP or NIS

    SSH MFA can be used for remote users on LDAP or NIS servers. Authentication with nsswitch and public key is supported.

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