System Configuration

System Configuration Settings

There is a number of global system settings that are available under Admin > System Configuration, which you can configure for your Multi-Site Orchestrator as described in the following sections.

System Alias and Banner

This section describes how to configure an alias for your Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator as well as enable a custom GUI-wide banner to be displayed at the top of your screen, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. System Banner Display

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to your Orchestrator.

Step 2

From the left navigation pane, select Admin > System Configuration.

Step 3

Click the Edit icon to the right of the System Alias & Banners area.

This opens the System Alias & Banners settings window.

Step 4

In the Alias field, specify the system alias.

Step 5

Choose whether you want to enable the GUI banner.

Step 6

If you enable the banner, you must provide the message that will be displayed on it.

Step 7

If you enable the banner, you must choose the severity, or color, for the banner.

Step 8

Click Save to save the changes.

Login Attempts and Lockout Time

When the Orchestrator detects a significant number of failed consecutive login attempts, the user is locked out of the system to prevent unauthorized access. You can configure how failed log in attempts are treated, for example the number of failed attempts before lockout and the length of the lockout.

Note

This feature is enabled by default when you first install or upgrade to Release 2.2(1) or later.

Procedure

Step 1

Log in to your Orchestrator.

Step 2

From the left navigation pane, select Admin > System Configuration.

Step 3

Click the Edit icon to the right of the Fail Attempts & Lockout Time area.

This opens the Fail Attempts & Lockout Time settings window.

Step 4

From the Fail Attempt Settings dropdown, select the number of attempts before the user is locked out.

Step 5

From the Lockout Time (Minutes) dropdown, select the length of the lockout.

This specifies the base lockout duration once it's triggered. The timer is extended up to three times exponentially with every additional consecutive login failure.

Step 6

Click Save to save the changes.