Installation Manual
146 Using the iDRAC6 Directory Service
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Click 
Next
 and select whether you would like Windows to automatically 
select the certificate store based on the type of certificate, or browse to a 
store of your choice.
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Supported Active Directory Authentication 
Mechanisms
You can use Active Directory to define user access on the iDRAC6 through 
two methods: you can use the extended schema solution, which Dell has 
customized to add Dell-defined Active Directory objects. Or, you can use the 
standard schema solution, which uses Active Directory group objects only. 
See the sections that follow for more information about these solutions.
When using Active Directory to configure access to iDRAC6, you must 
choose either the extended schema or the standard schema solution.
The advantages of using the extended schema solution are:
• All the access control objects are maintained in Active Directory.
• Configuring user access on different iDRAC6 with varying privilege levels 
is provided.
The advantage of using the standard schema solution is that no schema 
extension is required because all the necessary object classes are provided by 
Microsoft’s default configuration of the Active Directory schema.
Extended Schema Active Directory Overview
Using the extended schema solution requires the Active Directory schema 
extension, as described in the following section.
Active Directory Schema Extensions
The Active Directory data is a distributed database of Attributes and Classes. 
The Active Directory schema includes the rules that determine the type of 
data that can be added or included in the database. The user class is one 
example of a Class that is stored in the database. Some example user class 
attributes can include the user’s first name, last name, phone number, and so 
on. Companies can extend the Active Directory database by adding their own 










