| Managing the Directory |
184
• Sun ONE Directory Server
• Open LDAP Directory Server
• Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
The biggest advantage of LDAP is that users can quickly find contacts from the LDAP server rather than maintaining
the local directory. The contact information returned by the LDAP server is read-only, and the user can call an LDAP
contact, but cannot add, edit, or delete the LDAP contact. The administrator can configure the filtering conditions of
the LDAP request on the devices, such as the number of displayed contacts, the returned information, and how to sort
contacts.
The method about how the devices search for contacts on LDAP is described as below:
• Enter the content you want to search in the Dialing interface (ensure that the callee has enabled the LDAP in the
matching list).
• In the Contact interface, select the “Colleague” group to go to the LDAP search interface and enter the desired
content.
The device sends a search request to the LDAP server, and the LDAP server will search all contacts according to the
input content and the filtering condition, and then return the matched result to the device.
•
•
LDAP Attributes
The following table lists the most common attributes used to configure the LDAP lookup on systems.
Abbreviation
Name
Description
gn
givenName
First name
cn
commonName
LDAP attribute is made up from
given name joined to surname.
sn
surname
Last name or family name
dn
distinguishedName
The unique identifier for each entry
dc
dc
The domain component
-
company
The company or the organization
name
-
telephoneNumber
The office phone number
mobile
mobilephoneNumber
The mobile or cellular phone
number
ipPhone
IPphoneNumber
The home phone number
Configuring LDAP
Procedure
1.
On your web user interface, go to
Directory
>
LDAP
.
2.
Configure and save the following settings:
