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Logging in to a local Lenovo SDI Management Platform web interface

Log in to a local Lenovo SDI Management Platform web interface from a system that has network connectivity to the Lenovo SDI Management Platform virtual appliance.

Before you begin​

Ensure that you are using one of the following supported web browsers. For more information, see Supported hardware and software.

  • Chrome 83.0 or later
  • Firefox 77.0 or later
  • Microsoft Edge 83.0 or later

Access to the web interface is through a secure connection. Ensure that you use https.

Lenovo SDI Management Platform automatically logs out user sessions that have been inactive for a certain amount of time and user sessions that have been open for a certain amount of time, regardless of activity. The following default values are set by Lenovo SDI Management Platform.

  • If you have not clicked or typed on the user interface for 30 minutes, your user session is restricted to read-only operations. If you attempt to modify data, the user password must be entered.

  • If you have not actively viewed data for 1440 minutes (24 hours), your user session is automatically logged out.

  • After 24 hours, user sessions are automatically logged out, regardless of user activity.

Procedure​

To log in to the Lenovo SDI Management Platform web interface, complete the following steps:

1. Point your browser to the IP address of the Lenovo SDI Management Platform virtual appliance.

  • Using static an IPv4 address

    If you specified an IPv4 address during installation, use that IPv4 address to access the web interface using the following URL.

    https://<IPv4_address>/#/login.html

    For example: https://192.0.2.10/#/login.html

  • Using a DHCP server in the same broadcast domain as Lenovo SDI Management Platform

    If a DHCP server is set up in the same broadcast domain as Lenovo SDI Management Platform, use the IPv4 address that is displayed in the Lenovo SDI Management Platform virtual-appliance console to access the web interface using the following URL.

    https://<IPv4_address>/#/login.html

    For example: https://192.0.2.10/#/login.html

The initial login page is displayed.

2. Select the desired language from the language drop-down list.

3. Enter a valid user ID and password, and click Log In.

The first time that a specific user account is used to log in to Lenovo SDI Management Platform, you are required to change the password. By default, passwords must contain 8–128 characters and must meet the following criteria.

a. Must contain at least one alphabetic character, and must not have more than two sequential characters, including sequences of alphabetic characters, digits, and QWERTY keyboard keys (for example, “abc”, “123”, and “asd” are not allowed)

b. Must contain at least one number

c. Must contain at least two of the following characters.

  • Uppercase alphabetic characters (A – Z)

  • Lowercase alphabetic characters (a – z)

  • Special characters ; @ _ !' $ \& +

d. Must not repeat or reverse the user name

e. Must not contain more than two of the same characters consecutively (for example, “aaa”, “111”, and “...” are not allowed)

After you finish​

The Lenovo SDI Management Platform dashboard is displayed with a summary of the resource health status and activities in your environment.

You can perform the following actions from the User-Account menu () in the upper-right corner of the Lenovo SDI Management Platform web interface.

  • Change the password of the current user by clicking Change password.

  • Log out of the current session by clicking Log out. The Lenovo SDI Management Platform login page is displayed

  • Find information about how to use Lenovo SDI Management Platform using the embedded help system by clicking Help.

    The online documentation is updated regularly in Chinese. For the latest information about Lenovo SDI Management Platform, visit the Lenovo SDI Management Platform product page.

  • View information about the Lenovo SDI Management Platform release by clicking About.

    From the About dialog, you can find links to view the Open Source Licenses, End User License Agreement, and the Lenovo Privacy Statement .

  • Change the language of the user interface by clicking Change language.