User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- The Command Line Interface
- First-Time Configuration
- Using the Setup Utility
- Setting Passwords
- Menu Basics
- The Information Menu
- Information Menu
- System Information
- Layer 2 Information
- Layer 3 Information
- IP Routing Information
- ARP Information
- BGP Information
- BGP Peer information
- BGP Summary information
- OSPF Information
- Routing Information Protocol Information
- IP Information
- IGMP Multicast Group Information
- IGMP Group Information
- IGMP Multicast Router Port Information
- IGMP Mrouter Information
- VRRP Information
- Quality of Service Information
- 802.1p Information
- Access Control List Information
- Link Status Information
- Port Information
- Logical Port to GEA Port Mapping
- Fiber Port SFP Status
- Information Dump
- The Statistics Menu
- The Configuration Menu
- Configuration Menu
- Viewing, Applying, and Saving Changes
- System Configuration
- Port Configuration
- Layer 2 Configuration
- 802.1x Configuration
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol/ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
- Common Internal Spanning Tree Configuration
- Spanning Tree Configuration
- GVRP Configuration
- GVRP Port Configuration
- Trunk Configuration
- IP Trunk Hash Configuration
- LACP Configuration
- Layer 2 Failover Configuration
- VLAN Configuration
- Protocol-based VLAN Configuration
- Private VLAN Configuration
- Layer 3 Configuration
- IP Interface Configuration
- Default Gateway Configuration
- IP Static Route Configuration
- IP Multicast Route Configuration
- ARP Configuration
- IP Forwarding Configuration
- Network Filter Configuration
- Routing Map Configuration
- Routing Information Protocol Configuration
- Open Shortest Path First Configuration
- Border Gateway Protocol Configuration
- IGMP Configuration
- Domain Name System Configuration
- Bootstrap Protocol Relay Configuration
- VRRP Configuration
- Quality of Service Configuration
- Access Control List Configuration
- Port Mirroring Configuration
- Setup
- Dump
- Saving the Active Switch Configuration
- Restoring the Active Switch Configuration
- The Operations Menu
- The Boot Options Menu
- The Maintenance Menu
- Alteon OS Syslog Messages
- Alteon OS SNMP Agent
- Glossary
- Index

Alteon OS Command Reference
The Configuration Menu
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/cfg/sys/ldap
LDAP Server Configuration
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an authentication protocol that allows a
remote access server to forward a user's logon password to an authentication server to deter-
mine whether access can be allowed to a given system.
[LDAP Server Menu]
prisrv - Set IP address of primary LDAP server
secsrv - Set IP address of secondary LDAP server
port - Set LDAP port number
retries - Set number of LDAP server retries
timeout - Set timeout value of LDAP server retries
domain - Set domain name
telnet - Enable/disable LDAP backdoor for telnet/ssh/http
on - Enable LDAP authentication
off - Disable LDAP authentication
cur - Display current LDAP settings
Table 6-7 LDAP Server Menu Options (/cfg/sys/ldap)
Command Syntax and Usage
prisrv <IP address>
Defines the primary LDAP server address.
secsrv <IP address>
Defines the secondary LDAP server address.
port <LDAP port configure, default 389>
Enter the number of the TCP port to be configured, between 1 - 65000. The default is 389.
retries <LDAP server retries, 1-3>
Sets the number of failed authentication requests before switching to a different LDAP server. The
default is 3 requests.
timeout <LDAP server timeout seconds, 4-15>
Sets the amount of time, in seconds, before a LDAP server authentication attempt is considered to
have failed. The default is 5 seconds.
domain <domain name (1-128 characters)>|none
Sets the domain name for the LDAP server. Enter the full path for your organization. For example:
ou=people,dc=mydomain,dc=com