Connection Status

Valid statuses are

Connected

Cannot be contacted: The WINS server cannot be found. It does not respond to a network query or ping.

No entry: The WINS server automatically adds an entry for the PSA onto the WINS server. If there is no entry for the PSA on the WINS server, the WINS server is not functioning properly.

Domain Controllers

This section is displayed if Domain Authentication is enabled on the PSA. The values in this section are updated each time status is gathered.

Parameter

Description

Hostname

Host name of the Domain Controller. This field is blank if there is no

 

DNS entry for a domain controller, or if the PSA cannot access any DNS

 

servers.

IP Address

IP Address of the Domain Controller

Role

Determined by the NetBIOS name from the WINS server. Valid statuses

 

are

 

Primary: Primary Domain Controller.

 

Backup: Backup Domain Controller.

 

Unknown: Either the Domain Controller cannot be contacted,

 

or it is an Active Directory Domain Controller which means it is

 

a peer (and there are no primary or backup domain controllers)..

Connection Status

Valid statuses are

 

Connected

 

Not configured: The PSA is in workgroup mode.

 

Cannot be contacted: The domain controller cannot be found.

 

It does not respond to a network query or ping.

 

No DNS entry for the Domain Controller: The IP address for

 

the domain controller on the DNS server is either not valid or

 

not for the domain controller.

 

No WINS entry for the domain: The WINS server

 

automatically adds an entry for the PSA onto the domain

 

controller. If there is no entry for the PSA on the domain

 

controller, the WINS server is not functioning properly.

 

Domain Controller not in the current domain: The domain

 

controller is a valid domain controller. However, it is not

 

associated with the same domain to which the PSA is currently

 

joined.

 

There is no machine account for this PSA on the Domain

 

Controller: The machine account is not joined to the domain.

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