KVM Over the NET™ User Manual

LDAP / LDAPS Authentication and Authorization Settings

To allow authentication and authorization for the KVM Over the NETTM switch via LDAP / LDAPS, refer to the information in the table, below:

Item

Action

 

 

Enable

Put a check in the Enable checkbox to allow LDAP / LDAPS

 

authentication and authorization.

 

 

Type

Click a radio button to specify whether to use LDAP or LDAPS.

 

 

LDAP Server IP and

Fill in the IP address and port number for the LDAP or LDAPS

Port

server. For LDAP, the default port number is 389; for LDAPS,

 

the default port number is 636.

 

 

Admin DN

Consult the LDAP / LDAPS administrator to ascertain the

 

appropriate entry for this field. For example, the entry might

 

look like this:

 

ou=kn4132,dc=aten,dc=com

 

 

Admin Name

Key in the LDAP administrator’s username.

 

 

Password

Key in the LDAP administrator’s password.

 

 

Search DN

Set the distinguished name of the search base. This is the

 

domain name where the search starts for user names.

 

 

Timeout

Set the time in seconds that the KVM Over the NETTM

 

switch waits for an LDAP or LDAPS server reply before it times

 

out.

 

 

Note: If LDAP Settings is enabled, the LDAP schema for MS Active Directory must be extended. See LDAP Server Configuration, page 173, for details.

CC Management Settings

To allow authorization for the KVM Over the NETTM switch through a CC (Control Center) server, check Enable and fill in the CC Server’s IP address and the port that it listens on in the appropriate fields.

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