Administrator Guide

The Summary view is displayed.
3 Click (Settings).
The Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4 Click the Directory Services tab.
5 Click Congure Directory Services Manually.
The Directory Services Manual Conguration Wizard opens.
6 From the Directory Type drop-down menu, select Active Directory or OpenLDAP.
7 Type the settings for the directory server.
• In the URI eld, type the uniform resource identier (URI) for one or more servers to which Storage Center connects.
NOTE: Use the fully qualied domain name (FQDN) of the servers.
Example URIs for two servers:
ldap://server1.example.com ldap://server2.example.com:1234
NOTE: Adding multiple servers ensures continued authorization of users in the event of a resource outage. If Storage
Center cannot establish contact with the rst server, Storage Center attempts to connect to the remaining servers in the
order listed.
• In the Directory Server Connection Timeout eld, type the maximum time (in minutes) that Storage Center waits while
attempting to connect to an Active Directory server. This value must be greater than zero.
• In the Base DN eld, type the base distinguished name for the LDAP server. The Base DN is the starting point when searching for
users.
• In the Relative Base eld, type the Relative Base information. A Relative Base is a list of Relative Distinguished Names (RDN)
prepended to the Base DN, indicating where the controller should be joined to the domain. An RDN contains an attribute and a
value, such as:
OU=SAN Controllers
OU is the attribute, and SAN Controllers is the value.
The following special characters used within an RDN value must be escaped using a backslash:
, + " \ < > ; = / CR and LF
For example:
Relative Base
: OU=SAN Controllers
(No escapes necessary)
Relative Base: OU=SAN\+Controllers
(The plus character is escaped)
Relative Base: OU=Buildings A\,B\,C,OU=SAN \+Controllers
(Commas and plus sign are escaped except for the comma
separating the RDNs.)
• In the Storage Center Hostname eld, type the fully qualied domain name (FQDN) of the Storage Center.
– For a single-controller Storage Center system, this is the fully qualied host name for the controller IP address.
– For a dual-controller Storage Center system, this is the fully qualied host name for the management IP address.
• In the LDAP Domain eld, type the LDAP domain to search.
• In the Authentication Bind DN eld, type the Distinguished Name or User Principal Name of the user that the Storage Center
uses to connect to and search the LDAP server.
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