Changing the management software security policy

You can change the IBM® Flex System Manager management software security policy setting in the web interface.

To change the security policy for all management software management domains in the web interface, complete the following steps:

1. On the Home page, click the Administration tab.
2. Under Security tasks, click Configure Security Policy. The Configure Security Policy wizard opens.
3. Select the security policy you want and click OK. The wizard shows the chassis under centralized management that will be affected by the security policy change.
   Note: The default security policy is Secure (see Secure security policy).

To change the security policy for a chassis, complete the following steps:

1. On the Chassis Manager page, in the Actions list, select Manage Security Policy. The Manage Security Policy page opens, and a list of managed chassis is displayed.
2. On the Manage Security Policy page, select the managed chassis to which you want to apply the changed security policy and click Set Security Policy.
3. Select the changed security policy from the Select the security policy to apply to the selected chassis list and click Apply.
4. If any compute nodes are in a Pending state after the security policy changes, use the Chassis Management Module (CMM) command-line interface (CLI) to reset the compute node:
   1. Open the CMM CLI. See Using the Chassis Management Module (CMM) CLI for more information.
   2. Use the reset command and applicable target to reset each compute node that is in a Pending state. For more information about using the reset command, see reset command.