Advanced Operations 8
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Switched Power Distribution Unit
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To set the LDAP host address:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap,
followed by host1 or host2 and the Directory
Services server’s IP address or hostname. Press
Enter.
Examples
The following command sets the primary Direc-
tory Services server IP address to 98.76.54.32:
Switched PDU: set ldap host1
98.76.54.32<Enter>
The following command sets the secondary Direc-
tory Services server hostname to ldap.rittal.com:
Switched PDU: set ldap host2
ldap.rittal.com<Enter>
Changing the LDAP server port:
The Set LDAP Port command sets the port to
which the PDU sends LDAP requests to on the
previously defined LDAP server. The default port
is 389.
To change the LDAP server port:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap port,
followed by the port number and press Enter.
Example
The following command sets the LDAP server port
number to 8888:
Switched PDU: set ldap port 8888<Enter>
Enabling and disabling LDAP over TLS/SSL
support:
The Set LDAP UseTLS command is used to en-
able or disable LDAP over TLS/SSL support.
To enable or disable LDAP over TLS/SSL support:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap
usetls, followed by yes or no and press Enter.
Note!
If LDAP Over TLS/SSL is enabled, MD5
binding is disabled.
Setting the LDAP bind password type:
The Set LDAP Bind command sets the password
type used in the bind requests. The PDU sup-
ports two LDAP bind methods – Simple and MD5.
The Simple method uses unencrypted delivery of
a username-password over the network to the
Active Directory server for authentication.
The MD5 digest method provides much stronger
protection utilizing one-way encoded hash num-
bers, never placing the username-password on
the network.
Note!
Windows 2000 is known only to support
Simple binding. Windows 2003 sup-
ports both Simple and MD5 binding.
To set the bind password type:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap bind,
followed by simple or md5 and press Enter.
Note!
If MD5 binding is enabled, LDAP over
TLS/SSL is disabled.
Setting the search bind Distinguished Name
(DN):
The Set LDAP BindDN command is used to set
the fully-qualified distinguished name (FQDN) for
user accounts to bind with. This is required for
directory services that do not support anonymous
binds. This field is used ONLY with Simple Binds.
Maximum string length is 124 characters.
Note!
If left blank, then an anonymous bind will
be attempted. This field is used ONLY
with Simple binds.
To set the search bind DN:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap
binddn, and press Enter. At the following
prompt, type the FQDN and press Enter.
Example
The following sets the FQDN for MSAD to
‘cn=guest,cn=Users,dc=rittal,dc=com’:
Switched PDU: set ldap binddn<Enter>
Enter Search Bind DN (Max characters 124):
cn=guest,cn=Users,dc=rittal,dc=com<Enter>
Setting the search bind Distinguished Name
(DN) password:
The Set LDAP BindPW command is used to set
the password for the user account specified in the
