Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

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3. Click the name of the Windows NT service. The side navigation bar will change to include the
name of the Windows NT service at the top and, below the name, the information you
may define.
4. Click User Browsing in the side navigation bar. The Authentication Service User Browsing -
NT window will open.
5. Click Browse Anonymously to anonymously browse users on the external Windows NT
authentication server.
-or-
Click Browse with User Credentials to browse users on the external Windows NT
authentication based on credentials configured. If this option is selected, do the following:
a. Type the username for an NT domain account that has browse rights in the User
Name field.
b. Type the password for an NT domain account that has browse rights in the Password field.
6. Click Save and then click Close . The User Authentication Services dialog box will appear.
LDAP external authentication service
To add an LDAP external authentication service:
1. Click the Users tab.
2. Click Authentication Services in the top navigation bar. The User Authentication Services
window will open.
3. Click Add . The Add Authentication Service Wizard will appear. Click Next .
4. The Provide Authentication Service Name and Type window will open.
a. Type a name for the external authentication service.
b. Select LDAP from the Type menu.
c. Click Next .
5. The Specify LDAP Connection Settings window will open.
a. Type the address of the LDAP host in dot notation format (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) or type the
DNS host name in the Host Address field.
b. Type the number of the port for connecting to the LDAP host in the Port Number field.
c. Specify an SSL encryption mode:
• Click Do Not Use SSL to have authentication performed using unencrypted clear text
instead of SSL encryption. This method is the least secure and automatically sets the
Port Number field to a default port number of 389.
• Click Use SSL in Trust All Mode to use SSL encryption for data transmission. All
server certificates will be trusted and automatically accepted by the DSView 3 soft-
ware for transmitting data. This SSL method provides medium security and automati-
cally sets the Port Number field to a default port number of 636.
This encryption mode is not recommended for wide area networks (WANs).