HP Intelligent Management Center v5.1 TACACS+ Authentication Manager Administrator Guide

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Figure 19 How Reconnect Interval works
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Connection Wait Timeout—Time period within which if TAM fails to connect to the LDAP server,
the connection attempt is considered failed.
 Sync Wait Timeout—Maximum duration of each synchronization. The sync wait timer starts
when TAM starts synchronizing user data from the LDAP server. When this timer expires, TAM
stops the synchronization, regardless of whether the synchronization is complete or not. If no
time limit is specified, this field displays 0.
Server information
 Base DN—Absolute path of the directory that stores user data on the LDAP server.
 Admin DN—Administrator on the LDAP server, displayed as the absolute path on the LDAP
server.
 User Attribute Name—Attribute description used on the LDAP server for user names.
 Password Attribute—Attribute description used on the LDAP server for user passwords.
Backup server information
 IP Address—IP address of the backup LDAP server. An empty field indicates that no backup
LDAP server is configured.
 Server in Use—LDAP server being used for authenticating LDAP users, Primary or Backup.
 Auto Back to Primary—When the primary LDAP server becomes unavailable, TAM switches to
the backup server and starts regularly checking the availability of the primary server. If the