Users Guide

Figure 231: Join Active Directory Domain
Table 147:
Join AD Domain
Container Description
Domain
Controller
Fully qualified
name of the Active Directory domain controller
Short
Name -
NETBIOS
name
(optional)
The short name or NETBIOS name of the domain. Enter this value only if this is different from your
regular Active Directory domain name. If this is different from your domain name (usually a shorter
name), enter that name here. Contact your AD administrator about the NETBIOS name.
Note that if you enter an incorrect value for the NETBIOS name, you see a warning message in the UI.
If you see this warning message, leave the domain by clicking on the Leave Domain button (which
replaces the Join Domain button once you join the domain. After leaving the domain, join again with
the right NETBIOS name.
Domain
Controller
name
conflict
In some deployments (especially if there are multiple domain controllers, or if the domain name has
been wrongly entered in the last step), the domain controller FQDN returned by the DNS query can be
different from what was entered. In this case, you may:
l Continue to use the domain controller name that you entered
l Use the domain controller name returned by the DNS query
l Abort the Join Domain operation.
Use
default
domain
admin
user
Check this box to use the
Administrator
user name to join the domain
User
Name
User ID of the domain administrator account
Password Password of the domain administrator account
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