Administrator Guide

W-ClearPass searches for the NetBIOS name for the domain.
NetBIOS is another term for the short domain name, or the NT4 domain name, also known as the pre-Windows 2000
domain name.
Figure 87 shows that W-ClearPass found the NetBIOS domain name and populated the NetBIOS Name
field with the correct name.
Figure 87 Entering the Domain Controller FQDN
4. In case of a controller name conflict:
a. Use specified Domain Controller: Accept the default setting.
b. Use default domain admin user [Administrator]: Accept the default setting.
In a production environment, it is likely that an Administrative username that has permissions to join machines to the
domain would be used for the default domain admin user. In that case, 1) disable (uncheck) the Use default domain
admin user [Administrator] check box and 2) enter the Administrative username and password in the fields
provided.
c. Password: Enter the password for the user account that will join W-ClearPass with the domain, then click
Save.
The Join ADDomain screen opens. The screen displays the message “Adding host to AD domain,” and
the screen displays status during the joining process.
When the joining process completes successfully, you see the message “Added host to the domain.”
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