Users Guide

Parameter Action/Description
Timeout Enter the duration in seconds that Policy Manager waits before attempting to fail over from primary
to backup servers (in the order in which they are configured).
ODBC
Driver
Select the ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) driver to connect to the database.
MySQL is supported in versions 6.0 and later. Dell does not ship MySQL drivers by default. If you
require MySQL, contact Dell support at dell.com/support to get the required patch. This patch does
not persist across upgrades. If you are using MySQL, you should contact Support before upgrading.
If you connect to a Microsoft SQL server using Integrated Authentication, the login username in the
authentication source, formatted as either domain/username or UPN (User Principal Name), the
following characters are supported:
l Backslash ( \ )
l At-sign (@)
l Hyphen
l Underscore
Password
Type
Specify how the user password is stored in the database:
l Cleartext : Stored as clear, unencrypted text.
l NT Hash: Stored with an NT hash using MD4.
l LM Hash : Stored with a LAN Manager Hash using DES.
l SHA: Stored with a Secure Hash Algorighm (SHA) hash.
l SHA256: Stored with an SHA-256 hash function.
Attributes Tab
The Attributes tab defines the SQL DB query filters and the attributes to be fetched by using those filters. The
following figure displays the Generic SQL DB> Attributes tab:
Figure 181: Generic SQL DB> Attributes Tab
The following table describes the Generic SQL DB > Attributes (Filter List) parameters:
Table 106: Generic SQL DB > Attributes Tab (Filter List) Parameters
Parameter Action/Description
Filter Name Specifies the name of the filter.
Attribute
Name
Specifies the name of the SQL DB attributes defined for this filter.
Alias Name Specifies an alias name for each attribute name selected for the filter.
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