Who can use Iris?

Campus network administrators who are given permissions in Contact Manager can use Iris to view and/or edit ports on networks for which they are authorized.

To check which networks you are authorized to read or change, log in to Contact Manager. In the navigation menu to the left, select Your Contact Info. Then, at the top of your contact information page, select Display Models for yournetid.

To find if you are authorized to manage a particular network, you can use Contact Manager's search tools to find the information for that particular network.

The contact grid's Switch Management column indicates the type of Iris permissions assigned to each contact person for that network: either Read-Only, Read-Write, or None.

Gaining Iris access

If you can't view or change something that you need to view or change for a certain network, visit the Contact Manager page for that network.

First, look for a contact person with "Administrative" responsibilities in the Type field. This indicates the person with departmental authority to assign personnel to the network.

Next, does the Administrative contact person have Change Contacts permission in the grid? If so, you've found the person you should ask to give you the read or read-write permissions you need for the network.

If the Administrative contact person doesn't have Change Contacts permission, look for the Primary contact person. This indicates a person who has day-to-day operational responsibilities for the network.

A Primary contact person should be able to either grant you Iris permissions or perform the required work for you.

Granting Iris access

If you have been granted Change Contacts permission for a network, you can use Contact Manager to assign read-only or read-write permission for that network to other users as necessary.

After a user's permissions have been initialized or changed in Contact Manager, it takes one business day for the change to take effect in Iris.