Administrator Guide

c. In the Authentication Bind DN field, type the Distinguished Name or User Principal Name of the user that the Data
Collector uses to connect to and search the LDAP server. The user name Administrator is not allowed.
● Example Distinguished Name: CN=Firstname Lastname,CN=users,DC=corp,DC=Company,DC=COM
● Example User Principal Name: [e-mail]
d. In the Authentication Bind Password field, type the password for the auth bind Distinguished Name.
e. If you modified the Domain field, click Discover to locate the directory service for the specified domain.
6. (Optional) Manually configure the directory service settings.
a. From the Type drop-down menu, select Active Directory or OpenLDAP.
b. In the Directory Servers field, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of each directory server on a separate line.
NOTE: To verify that the Data Collector can communicate with the specified directory server(s) using the selected
protocol, click Test.
c. In the Base DN field, type the base Distinguished Name for the LDAP server. This name is the starting point when
searching for users.
d. In the Connection Timeout field, type the maximum time (in minutes) that the Data Collector will wait while attempting
to connect to an LDAP server.
7. (Optional) Configure Kerberos authentication. To allow users to log in with the Client automatically using his or her Windows
session credentials, Kerberos authentication must be configured.
a. Select the Kerberos Enabled checkbox.
b. In the Kerberos Domain Realm field, type the Kerberos realm to authenticate against. In Windows networks, this realm
is usually the Windows domain name in uppercase characters.
c. (OpenLDAP only) Type the host name or IP address of the Key Distribution Center (KDC) in the KDC Host Name or IP
Address field.
d. In the Data Collector Host Name field, type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the server that hosts the Data
Collector.
8. (Optional — Open LDAP only) If Transport Layer Security (TLS) is enabled, upload a Certificate Authority PEM file...
a. Browse to the location of the PEM file, select the file, and click Open. .
The Upload TLS Certificate dialog box opens.
NOTE:
If you select the wrong PEM file, click Upload Certificate in the Upload TLS Certificate dialog box to
select a new file
b. c. Click OK to upload the certificate.
9. (Active Directory Only) To register the Data Collector on the domain, select Register the Data Collector on the domain.
a. Type the user name and password of a domain administrator.
These credentials are used only to register the Data Collector and are not saved.
b. Click OK.
10. To use an existing service account, select Use an existing service account for joining the domain.
a. Type the user name and password for the service account.
NOTE:
The existing service account must include a servicePrincipalName attribute with the following values in the
form:
HTTP/<host name>dc.<domain>@<realm>
HTTP/<host name>dc.<domain>
These values can be set using the Microsoft setspn.exe tool or the equivalent.
b. Click OK.
Troubleshoot Directory Service Discovery
The Data Collector attempts to automatically discover the closest directory service based on the network environment
configuration. Discovered settings are written to a text file for troubleshooting purposes. If discovery fails, confirm that the
text file contains values that are correct for the network environment.
Steps
1. On the server that hosts the Data Collector, use a text editor to open the file C:\Program Files\Dell EMC\Storage
Manager\msaservice\directory_settings.txt.
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