Table 9-1. Authentication Panel Field Descriptions

Field

Description

 

 

Authentication

Users can choose to use LDAP authentication by clicking the

Settings

box shown.

 

The user may still log in with the Override admin account if the

 

LDAP servers are inaccessible.

 

 

Schema

Radio Button to indicate which Active Directory (AD) object

 

classes are used to store information related to authorization. For

 

the default Standard schema, Microsoft Active Directory objects

 

are used. When using the Extended schema, the extra Dell

 

object classes are added.

 

 

RCS Domain

The RCS Domain field contains the name of the Active

 

Directory Domain chosen to hold all objects that represent

 

Remote Console Switches and SIPs.

 

 

Root Domain

The uppermost domain within the Active Directory Forest.

 

 

Group

This field, available when the standard schema is selected,

Container

contains part of the Distinguished Name of an Organizational

(Standard

Unit (OU) object in Active Directory. The OU is used to hold

group objects that relate users to access controlled Remote

schema set only)

 

Console Switches and their attached SIPs.

 

For example, suppose the Distinguished Name of the chosen OU

 

is: ou=KVM-AccessControls,dc=MyCom,dc=com. In this case,

 

the Group Container field should be set to “KVM-

 

AccessControls.” The name entered into the Group Container

 

field must be unique among all OU objects in the Group

 

Container domain. You may choose to use a previously created

 

OU for the Group Container, or create one specifically for this

 

purpose.

 

The default Group Container is KVM.

 

 

Group

This field, available when the Standard schema is selected, is the

Container

DNS name of the Active Directory domain where the group

Domain

container resides.

(Standard

 

schema set only)

 

 

 

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