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Using the DRAC 5 With Microsoft
Active Directory
A directory service maintains a common database of all information needed
for controlling users, computers, printers, etc. on a network. If your company
uses the Microsoft
®
Active Directory
®
service software, you can configure the
software to provide access to the DRAC 5, allowing you to add and control
DRAC 5 user privileges to your existing users in your Active Directory
software.
NOTE: Using Active Directory to recognize DRAC 5 users is supported on the
Microsoft Windows
®
2000 and Windows Server
®
2003 operating systems.
You can use Active Directory to define user access on DRAC 5 through two
methods: you can use the extended schema solution which uses Dell-defined
Active Directory objects or a standard schema solution which uses Active
Directory group objects only.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Extended
Schema and Standard Schema
When using Active Directory to configure access to the DRAC 5, you must
choose either the extended schema or the standard schema solution.
The advantages of using the extended schema solution are:
• All of the access control objects are maintained in Active Directory.
• Maximum flexibility in configuring user access on different DRAC 5 cards
with different privilege levels.
The advantages of using the standard schema solution are:
• No schema extension is required because standard schema uses Active
Directory objects only.
• Configuration on Active Directory side is simple.