HP Integrated Lights-Out manual Directory Services, Benefits of Directory Integration

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Directory Services
In This Section
Benefits of Directory Integration	143
Features Supported by Directory Integration	144
Installing Directory Services	145
Schema Documentation	146
Directory Services Support	147
eDirectory Installation Prerequisites	148
Schema Required Software	148
Schema Installer	148
Management Snap-In Installer	152
Directory Services for Active Directory	153
Active Directory Lights-Out Management	170
Directory Services for eDirectory	171
Configuring Directory Settings	184
Directory Tests	186
User Login Using Directory Services	187

Benefits of Directory Integration

•Scalability—The directory can be leveraged to support thousands of users on thousands of iLOs.

•Security—Robust user password policies are inherited from the directory. User password complexity, rotation frequency, and expiration are policy examples.

•Anonymity (lack thereof)—In some environments, users share Lights-Out accounts, which results in the lack of knowing who performed an operation, instead of knowing what account (or role) was used.

•Role-based administration—You can create roles (for instance, clerical, remote control of the host, complete control) and associate users or user groups with those roles. A change at a single role applies to all users and Lights-Out devices associated with that role.