HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

1. Enter the required HP XP7 Performance Advisor User Search and Filter Settings and HP XP7
Performance Advisor Group Settings. “LDAP server User Search and Filter, and Group settings”
(page 54) provides the description for the HP XP7 Performance Advisor User Search and Filter
Settings and HP XP7 Performance Advisor Group Settings fields.
Figure 12 Configure LDAP Filter and Group Settings installation window
Table 9 LDAP server User Search and Filter, and Group settings
DescriptionScreen elements
Base DN in the LDAP Directory Information Tree (DIT)
for all users. This is path in the LDAP directory where
all user accounts are located.
User Base DN box
The LDAP filter to be used when searching for user
entries in the LDAP directory. A default filter is supplied
User Search Filter box
by HP XP7 Performance Advisor, depending on the LDAP
server type (your system administrator can change this
filter as necessary):
• Default filter for Active Directory:
(&(|(sAMAccountName={USERNAME})(cn={
USERNAME}))(objectClass=user))
• Default filter for OpenLDAP:
(&(|(uid={USERNAME})(cn={USERNAME}))(o
bjectClass={Username}
{Username} is the placeholder, that will be replaced
with the HP XP7 Performance Advisor user’s name
whose account should be authenticated and
authorized.
Base DN in the LDAP DIT for all the groups. This is the
path in the LDAP directory where all groups are located.
Group Base DN box
Distinguished names of the HP XP7 Performance Advisor
Administrators in the LDAP directory.
XP7 PA Administrators Group DN box
Distinguished names of the HP XP7 Performance Advisor
Users groups in the LDAP directory.
XP7 PA Users Group DN box
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