How to manage access from administration hosts

An administration host can be any workstation that is either an NFS or a CIFS client on the network.

• Reasons to designate a workstation as an administrative host
  You designate a workstation as an administration host to limit access to the storage system's root file system, to provide a text editor to edit configuration files, or to provide the ability to administer a storage system remotely.
• Administration host privileges
  After the setup procedure is completed, the storage system grants root permissions to the administration host.
• Requirements for using a client
  An NFS or CIFS client must meet the requirements to manage the storage system.
• How to specify administration hosts
  Administration hosts are specified in the /etc/hosts.equiv file.
• Adding administration hosts
  You can designate additional NFS clients or CIFS clients as administration hosts by editing the /etc/hosts.equiv file.
• Removing administration hosts
  You can remove an NFS client or CIFS client from the administration hosts list by editing the /etc/hosts.equiv file.