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Dell KVM 2321DS User Manual

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LDAP Feature for the Remote Console Switch

Table 8-1. Authentication Panel Field Descriptions

Field

Description

Authentication

Settings

Users can choose to use LDAP authentication by clicking the

box shown.
The user may still log in with the Override admin account if the

LDAP servers are inaccessible.

Schema

Radio Button to indicate which Active Directory (AD) object

classes are used to store information related to authorization. For

the default Standard schema, Microsoft Active Directory objects

are used. When using the Extended schema, the extra Dell

object classes are added.

RCS Domain

The RCS Domain field contains the name of the Active

Directory Domain chosen to hold all objects that represent

Remote Console Switches and SIPs.

Root Domain

The uppermost domain within the Active Directory Forest.

Group

Container
(Standard

schema set only)

This field, available when the standard schema is selected,

contains part of the Distinguished Name of an Organizational

Unit (OU) object in Active Directory. The OU is used to hold

group objects that relate users to access controlled Remote

Console Switches and their attached SIPs.
For example, suppose the Distinguished Name of the chosen OU

is: ou=KVM-AccessControls,dc=MyCom,dc=com. In this case,

the Group Container field should be set to “KVM-

AccessControls.” The name entered into the Group Container

field must be unique among all OU objects in the Group

Container domain. You may choose to use a previously created

OU for the Group Container, or create one specifically for this

purpose.
The default Group Container is KVM.

Group

Container

Domain

(Standard

schema set only)

This field, available when the Standard schema is selected, is the

DNS name of the Active Directory domain where the group

container resides.