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Raritan Computer DKX2-V2.3.5-0N-E User Manual

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Chapter 7: User Management

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Once the test is completed, a message will be displayed that lets you
know the test was successful or, if the test failed, a detailed error
message will be displayed. It will display successful result or detail
error message in failure case. It also can display group information
retrieved from remote LDAP server for the test user in case of
success.

Returning User Group Information from Active Directory Server

The KX II supports user authentication to Active Directory

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(AD) without

requiring that users be defined locally on the KX II. This allows Active
Directory user accounts and passwords to be maintained exclusively on
the AD server. Authorization and AD user privileges are controlled and
administered through the standard KX II policies and user group
privileges that are applied locally to AD user groups.

IMPORTANT: If you are an existing Raritan, Inc. customer, and have
already configured the Active Directory server by changing the AD
schema, the KX II still supports this configuration and you do not
need to perform the following operations. See Updating the LDAP
Schema for information about updating the AD LDAP/LDAPS
schema.

To enable your AD server on the KX II:

1. Using the KX II, create special groups and assign proper

permissions and privileges to these groups. For example, create
groups such as KVM_Admin and KVM_Operator.

2. On your Active Directory server, create new groups with the same

group names as in the previous step.

3. On your AD server, assign the KX II users to the groups created in

step 2.

4. From the KX II, enable and configure your AD server properly. See

Implementing LDAP/LDAPS Remote Authentication.