Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting started with ASM 8.3.1
- Initial Setup
- Dashboard
- Services
- Deploying service
- Add existing service
- Viewing service details
- Editing service information
- Deleting service
- Exporting service details
- Retrying service
- Viewing all settings
- Migrating servers (service mobility)
- Migrating servers
- Upgrading components
- Adding components to an existing service deployment
- Deleting resources from service
- Templates
- Managing templates
- Viewing template details
- Creating template
- Editing template information
- Building template overview
- Building and publishing template
- Importing template
- Exporting template
- Uploading external template
- Editing template
- Viewing template details
- Deleting template
- Cloning template
- Deploying service
- Deploying multiple instances of service
- Adding Attachments
- Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM
- Component types
- Component combinations in templates
- Additional template information
- Managing templates
- Resources
- Resource health status
- Resource operational state
- Port View
- Resource firmware compliance status
- Updating firmware
- Removing resources
- Viewing firmware and software compliance report
- Discovery overview
- Configuring resources or chassis
- Removing discovered resources
- Configuring default firmware repository
- Running firmware compliance
- Configuring global chassis settings
- Configuring unique chassis settings
- Configuring unique server settings
- Configuring unique I/O module settings
- I/O module configuration
- Completing the chassis configuration
- Adding or editing Chassis Management Controller (CMC) user
- Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user
- Updating resource inventory
- Viewing resource details
- Understanding server pools
- Settings
- Troubleshooting
Connection settings matrix
Table 15. Connection settings matrix
Field Name Description
Type Of Directory Service Refers to the type of directory service (currently available, Microsoft Active Directory).
Name Refers to the Active Directory (AD) conguration name as added in ASM. For example:
mydomain
User Name Refers to the AD account that has privileges to search for users. The account name must be
entered using the User Principle Name format. For example: administrator@mydomain.com
Password Refers to the AD server password for the account in the User Name box.
Host Refers to the AD server FQDN host name or IP address. For example: 192.168.0.5
Port Refers to the AD server port. For example: 389
Protocol Refers to the protocol type as Plain or SSL.
For example: Plain
Attribute settings
The Attribute Settings allows you to perform the attribute settings required for adding an Active Directory.
1. Enter the Base DN, Filter, Username Attribute, First Name, Attribute, Last Name Attribute, and the Email Attribute of the
Active Directory that is to be added to ASM.
2. Click Next.
Attribute settings matrix
Table 16. Attribute settings matrix
Field Name Description
Base DN Refers to the Distinguished Name (DN) where the users are searched by ASM. It is the
Distinguished Name (DN) of the starting point for directory server searches.
For example: CN=Users,DC=mydomain,Dc=com
Filter Refers to the lters that enable you to dene search criteria. For example: objectClass=*
User Name Attribute Refers to the Active Directory record attribute that represents the User Name attribute. This
attribute is mapped to ASM User Name attribute. For example: sAMAccountName
First Name Attribute Refers to the Active Directory record attribute that represents First Name. This attribute is
mapped to ASM First Name attribute. For example: givenName
Last Name Attribute Refers to the Active Directory record attribute that represents the Last Name of the user. This
attribute is mapped to ASM Last Name attribute. For example: sn
Email Attribute Refers to the Active Directory record attribute that represents the Email of the user. This attribute
is mapped to ASM Email attribute. For example: mail
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