Owner's Manual

282 Using the CMC Directory Service
Configuring Extended Schema Active Directory to Access Your CMC
Before using Active Directory to access your CMC, configure the Active
Directory software and CMC:
1
Extend the Active Directory schema (see "Extending the Active Directory
Schema" on page 282).
2 Extend the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In (see "Installing
the Dell Extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-In"
on page 289).
3 Add CMC users and their privileges to Active Directory (see "Adding
CMC Users and Privileges to Active Directory" on page 290).
4 Enable SSL on each of your domain controllers.
5 Configure the CMC Active Directory properties using either the CMC
Web interface or the RACADM (see "Configuring CMC With Extended
Schema Active Directory and the Web Interface" on page 292 or
"Configuring CMC With Extended Schema Active Directory and
RACADM" on page 295).
Extending the Active Directory Schema
Extending your Active Directory schema adds a Dell organizational unit,
schema classes and attributes, and example privileges and association objects
to the Active Directory schema. Before you extend the schema, ensure that
you have Schema Admin privilege on the Schema Master Flexible Single
Master Operation (FSMO) Role Owner of the domain forest.
You can extend your schema using one of the following methods:
• Dell Schema Extender utility
• LDIF script file
If you use the LDIF script file, the Dell organizational unit is not be added to
the schema.