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Using the CMC Directory Service
A directory service maintains a common database of all information needed
for controlling network users, computers, printers, and so on. If your company
uses the Microsoft Active Directory service software or the LDAP Directory
Service software, you can configure CMC to use directory based user
authentication.
Using CMC with Microsoft Active Directory
NOTE: Using Active Directory to recognize CMC users is supported on the
Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Active
Directory over IPv6 is supported only on Windows 2008.
Active Directory Schema Extensions
You can use Active Directory to define user access on CMC through two
methods:
• The standard schema solution that uses only the standard Active Directory
group objects.
• The extended schema solution that uses Active Directory objects defined
by Dell.
Standard Schema Versus Extended Schema
When using Active Directory to configure access to CMC, you must choose
either the extended schema or the standard schema solution.
With the standard schema solution:
• No schema extension is required, because standard schema uses only
standard Active Directory objects.
• Configuration of the Active Directory is simple.
With the extended schema solution:
• All of the access control objects are maintained in Active Directory.
• Configuring user access on different CMCs with different privilege levels
allows maximum flexibility.