Administrator Guide

• All DR Series systems must be in the same Active Directory Services (ADS) domain, in the same login group, and

have identical login credentials. This includes the system to which you are currently logged in. For details, see the

procedures that follow.

• When you use Global View, you must log in to the DR Series system using your domain credentials; for example, you

must log in as DOMAIN\Administrator instead of Administrator.

Configuring Active Directory Settings

You need to configure the Active Directory setting to direct your DR Series system to join or leave a domain that

contains a Microsoft Active Directory Service (ADS). To join an ADS domain, complete steps 1 through 4 in the following

procedure (to leave an ADS domain, skip to step 5). When you join the DR Series system to an ADS domain, this disables

the Network Time Protocol (NTP) service and instead uses the domain-based time service.

NOTE: If you use the command line interface (CLI) to join the DR Series system into the domain, you might notice

that Global View contains multiple, unnecessary entries. Dell recommends that you use the DR Series system GUI

(and not CLI commands) for Global View related operations, including domain join/leave.

To configure the DR Series system for a domain using ADS, complete the following:

1. Select System Configuration → Active Directory.

The Active Directory page is displayed.

NOTE: If you have not yet configured ADS settings, an informational message is displayed in the Settings

pane in the Active Directory page.

2. Click Join on the options bar.

The Active Directory Configuration dialog is displayed.

3. Type the following values in the Active Directory Configuration dialog:

• In Domain Name (FQDN), type a fully qualified domain name for the ADS; for example, AD12.acme.com.

(This is

a required field.)

NOTE: Supported domain names are limited to 64 characters in length and can only consist of a

combination of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and three special characters: a dash (-), a period (.), and an underscore (_).

• In Username, type a valid user name that meets the user name guidelines for the ADS.

(This is a required field.)

NOTE: Supported user names are limited to 64 characters in length and can only consist of a combination

of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and three special characters: a dash (-), a period (.), and an underscore (_).

• In Password, type a valid password that meets the password guidelines for the ADS.

(This is a required field.)

• In Org Unit, type a valid organizational name that meets the organization name guidelines for the ADS.

(This is

an optional field.)

4. Click Join Domain to configure your system with these ADS settings (or click Cancel to display the Active Directory

page).

The Successfully Configured dialog is displayed when successful.

NOTE: If you configure CIFS container share paths, these will be displayed in a CIFS Container Share Path

pane in the Active Directory page.

5. To leave an ADS domain, click Leave in the Active Directory page.

The Active Directory Configuration dialog is displayed.

6. Leaving the configured ADS domain requires that you enter the following:

a. In Username, enter a valid user name for the ADS domain.

b. In Password, enter a valid password for the ADS domain.

7. Click Leave Domain to direct your DR Series system to leave the ADS domain (or click Cancel to display the Active