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

Viewing LDAP server details

To view detailed information about an LDAP server:

1. Click the Service tab.

2. Select TACACS+ AuthN Manager > LDAP Service > LDAP Servers from the navigation tree.

The LDAP Server List displays all LDAP servers.

3. Click the name link of an LDAP server to enter the LDAP server details page.

Basic Information

 Server Name—LDAP server name.

 Version—Version of the LDAP protocol running on the LDAP server. TAM supports LDAPv2 and

LDAPv3.

 IP Address—IP address of the LDAP server.

 Port—TCP port on which the LDAP server listens for packets sent by TAM.

 Server Type—Type of the LDAP server: Microsoft AD or General.

 Real-Time AuthN—Displays whether authentication is performed by the LDAP server.

Yes—LDAP users are authenticated on the LDAP server.

No—LDAP users are authenticated on TAM.

If TAM cannot synchronize passwords from some LDAP server (for example, the Microsoft

Active Directory), bound users are authenticated on the LDAP server even if you do not specify

real time authentication for the LDAP server.

 Reconnect Interval—Time that TAM must wait before retrying to connect to the LDAP server

after a connection failure. As shown in Figure 19, without Reconnect Interval, a requesting

LDAP user must wait for a time specified by Connection Wait Timeout before being told the user

has been rejected because the LDAP server cannot be reached. With this parameter

configured, each time TAM fails to connect the LDAP server, the Reconnect Interval takes effect.

During this interval, TAM does not try to connect to the LDAP server and directly rejects all

authentication requests from LDAP users. After the Reconnect Interval expires, TAM retries to

connect to the LDAP server. This helps to reduce the time that LDAP users must wait for

authentication and delivers improved user experience.