Specifications

Mitel Networks 5700 VFA Administrator’s Guide 10-1
10 REGISTERING WITH LDAP DIRECTORIES
Online directories, such as Microsoft ILS Servers and Novell NDS, are lists of
persons or network resources which include descriptive and contact information
about all entries. They may be used to look up someone’s contact information or to
retrieve a list of e-mail addresses. They are accessible through an Internet
connection. The 5700 VFA supports access to online directories.
Using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), 5700 VFA end points
may locate any other person or node on a public X.500-based network (X.500 is a
standard for directory services in a network). In such a network, directory
information is consolidated in central servers located throughout the network.
These servers coordinate their directory information so that each maintains an
updated, current mail client directory.
An LDAP directory is usually organized in a "tree" hierarchy with levels of objects
(similar to the System tree in the Main Administrator window). Each object in the
hierarchy must have a unique name. An LDAP directory tree may consist of the
following levels:
• The "root" directory (the starting place or the source of the tree)
• Countries
• Organizations (such as a company or government ministry)
• Organizational units (such as divisions and departments)
• Individuals (such as persons, files, and shared resources such as printers).