Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4200 - Manual (Page 82)

7-6 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers System Management Guide • December 2005
Your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server can be a client of an LDAP server. In
order to use LDAP authentication, you need to create a user on your LDAP server
that your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server can authenticate, or bind to, so the
client has permission to search the proper directory on the LDAP server.
For more information, see Section 7.3, “How to Configure LDAP” on page 7-6 .
7.3 How to Configure LDAP
The ILOM Service Processor supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(LDAP) authentication for users. To use this feature, you must configure your LDAP
server, according to your LDAP server's documentation, and your ILOM Service
Processor, using either the service processor command line or the web interface.
7.3.1 Before You Begin
You should have Administrator access privileges to, and detailed knowledge of,
your LDAP server configuration. You should gather basic network information
about your LDAP server, including its IP address.
7.3.2 What to Do
Note – This task is similar to configuring LDAP as a name service for Linux or
Solaris.
To configure your LDAP server you must:
1. Ensure that all users authenticating to the ILOM Service Processor have
passwords stored in crypt or MD5 crypt.
The service processor only supports LDAP authentication for passwords in these
two formats.