Users Guide

Option Description
Directory Service DA Certificate
Information
Displays information about the CA certificate that is in effect.
From this screen you can:
• View directory settings
• Edit directory settings
Editing directory settings
NOTE: Directory settings are only applicable to Dell OpenManage Power Center installations in a
Linux environment.
1. In the left pane, click Settings → Directory.
2. To enable LDAP authentication, select the Enable LDAP User Authentication check box, then
provide the following information:
• LDAP Server Address (required) — Enter single DNS names or IP addresses, or multiple names or
addresses. Use comma to separate multiple names or addresses. For example:
192.25.46.89,192.25.47.68
• Bind Distinguished Name (optional) — If a Bind Distinguished Name is not provided, Power
Center uses an anonymous bind to search for the login Distinguished Name of the user. For
example:
uid=mark,ou=manager,dc=dell,dc=com
• Bind Password (optional unless a Bind Distinguished Name is provided). — Password of the Bind
Distinguished Name.
• Base Distinguished Name to Search (required) — The Distinguished Name of the branch of the
directory from which the search starts. For example:
ou=ccr,dc=dell,dc=com
• Attribute of User Login (optional) — Specify an attribute to search. If this field is not configured,
the default search string used is “uid”. The User Login attribute must be unique.
3. To configure advanced LDAP settings, select the Advanced Settings check box, then provide the
following information:
• LDAP Server Port (required) — Enter the port number for the LDAP server over SSL. The default
port number is 636.
• Search Filter (optional) — Specify a valid LDAP search filter if you cannot uniquely identify the
login user within the chosen Base Distinguished Name. If a search filter is not provided, the
default filter is used (objectClass=*) and searches all objects in the tree. The maximum length of
this property is 1024 characters.
• Network Timeout (seconds) — 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 (seconds) — 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 — If this option is selected, Power Center uses the CA certificate to
validate the LDAP server certificate during the SSL handshake.
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