Emerson Avocent AutoView 2108, Installer/User Manual

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4. To disassociate the switch that has been registered with the device, click the Disassociate button.
5. Click Save .
LDAP
LDAP is a vendor-independent protocol standard used for accessing, querying and updating a directory using
TCP/IP. Based on the X.500 Directory Services model, LDAP is a global directory structure that supports
strong security features including authentication, privacy and integrity.
NOTE: The LDAP feature is only available for the 3108 and 3216 switch models.
If individual user accounts are stored on an LDAP-enabled directory service such as Active Directory, you can
use the directory service to authenticate users. The default values given for the LDAP search and query
parameters are defined for use with Active Directory.
The settings made in the OBWI let you configure your authentication configuration parameters. The software
sends the username, password and other information to the appliance, which then determines whether the
user has permission to view or change configuration parameters for the appliance in the OBWI.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, the LDAP default values should be used unless Active Directory has
been reconfigured. Modifying the default values may cause LDAP authentication server communication
errors.
Configuring LDAP in the User Interface
LDAP Overview parameters
On the LDAP Overview page in the OBWI, you can configure the LDAP authentication priority and the
parameters that define LDAP server connection information.
LDAP authentication priority
In the LDAP Priority section of the OBWI, you can disable LDAP, or you can set the authentication priority by
choosing whether local authentication or LDAP authentication should happen first.
To configure LDAP authentication priority parameters:
1. Select Appliance - Appliance Settings - User Accounts - LDAP Accounts - Overview .
2. Select either LDAP Disabled , LDAP before Local or LDAP after Local for the LDAP Priority.
3. Click Save .
LDAP servers
The Address fields specify the host filenames or IP addresses of the primary and secondary LDAP servers.
The secondary LDAP server is optional.
The Port fields specify the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port numbers that communicate with the LDAP
servers. The default value is 389 for non-secure LDAP and 636 for secure LDAP (LDAPS). The default Port ID
is automatically entered by the software when an access type is specified.