Users Guide

Option Description
Bind Distinguished Name Enter a user name for the Bind search. If a name is not entered,
OpenManage Power Center uses an anonymous Bind to search
for the user’s login Distinguished name. For example:
uid=mark, ou=manager, dc=dell, dc=com
Bind Password Enter a password for the Bind Distinguished name you provided.
Base Distinguished Name to Search The Distinguished name of the directory branch from where
search begins. For example: ou=ccr, dc=dell, dc=com
Attribute of User Login Specify a user login attribute for the search. If an attribute is not
provided, the default search string, ‘uid’, is used. The attribute
must be unique.
Advanced Settings Select this check box to enable advanced LDAP settings. The
following fields are enabled only when you select this check
box.
• LDAP Server Port
• Search Filter
• Network Timeout
• Search Timeout
• Enable Certificate Validation
LDAP Server Port Enter a port number for the LDAP server over SSL. The default
port number is 636.
Search Filter Specify a valid LDAP search filter if you cannot uniquely identify
the login user with the specified Base Distinguished Name. If a
search filter is not provided, the default filter (objectClass=*)
is used and all objects in the tree are searched. The maximum
length of this filter is 1024 characters.
Network Timeout Specify the time, in seconds, for which OpenManage Power
Center LDAP must wait for connecting to the LDAP server. The
default timeout is 30 seconds.
Search Timeout Specify the time, in seconds, after which the OpenManage
Power Center LDAP stops waiting for a response to the search
request. The default timeout is 120 seconds.
Enable Certificate Validation Select this check box to enable the LDAP certificate validation.
The following fields are enabled only if this check box is
selected.
• Upload Directory Service CA Certificate
• Directory Service CA Certificate Information
Upload Directory Service CA
Certificate
Click Choose File to navigate to the location on the system
where the CA certificate is located, select the file and then click
Open to upload the file. The name of file you selected is
displayed.
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