HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

Windows System Authentication
The Windows System Authentication is required in the following case:
1. Your management station belongs to a Windows domain.
2. Your HP XP7 Performance Advisor users are a combination of local system users and group
of users who belong to the same, or different domains.
OR
Your HP XP7 Performance Advisor users are a combination of local system users or group of
users who belong to the same, or different domains.
There are no prerequisites associated with the Windows System Authentication.
Windows Domain based Authentication
The Windows Domain based Authentication is required, if you want to implement the domain-based
authentication for administrators and user domain groups residing on the same or different domains.
Only users from the domain groups are given privileges to log on to HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
By default, HP XP7 Performance Advisor refers to these groups as HP Storage Admins and HP
Storage Users.
To implement Windows Domain based Authentication, your domain or site administrator must
create the two default domain groups, or the domain groups of choice on the domain controller.
LDAP Authentication
The LDAP Authentication is required if you want to implement the Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) for centralized authentication, where the LDAP server authenticates and authorizes
HP XP7 Performance Advisor users. The following LDAP server implementations and authentication
mechanism are supported by HP XP7 Performance Advisor from v4.5 onwards:
Supported LDAP server implementations
• OpenLDAP
• Microsoft Active Directory
SIMPLE (clear-text password) mechanismSupported LDAP authentication mechanism
To implement the LDAP Authentication, complete the following prerequisites:
• Install LDAP v3 (RFC 4510) on a server with an established HP XP7 Performance Advisor
connection.
• Create the StorageAdmins and StorageUsers groups on the LDAP server, and add
members to these groups.
• For the SIMPLE (clear-text password) mechanism and a secure connection, enable SSL on both
the LDAP server and HP XP7 Performance Advisor management station.
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