3PAR InForm® OS 2.2.4 Concepts Guide (320-200085 Rev B, March 2009)

InForm OS Version 2.2.4 3PAR InForm OS Concepts Guide

4.1

LDAP

In this chapter

4.1 Overview 4.1

4.2 LDAP Users 4.2

4.3 LDAP Server Data Organization 4.3

4.4 LDAP and Domains 4.4

4.5 LDAP Authentication and Authorization 4.5

4.1 Overview

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a standard protocol for communication

between LDAP clients and LDAP directory servers. Data is stored as a directory hierarchy by the

server and clients add, modify, search, or remove the data. The data can be organized using

standard schemas understood by clients and servers from different vendors or by an

application-specific schema used only by a particular vendor or application.

The InForm OS contains an LDAP client that can be configured to use an LDAP server for

authentication and authorization of InServ Storage Server users. In an environment where

there are multiple InServ servers configured to use the same LDAP server in the same way, a

single user with access to one InServ server can access all of the environment’s InServ servers

with the same privileges.