LDAP Support

The MegaRAID Storage Manager application supports the discovery of remote MegaRAID Storage Managers servers using LDAP. To enable LDAP support, the MegaRAID Storage Manager servers have to be registered with the LDAP server.

NOTE  Supports only Windows Active Directory LDAP Server Implementation.

NOTE  ESXi servers are not discovered during LDAP discovery.

To register the MegaRAID Storage Manager servers with the LDAP server, define a new attribute, ou, on the machine where the LDAP server is configured and give this attribute the value MSM. This enables the discovery of only the MegaRAID Storage Manager servers that have been registered with the LDAP server.

To use LDAP support, follow these steps:

1.	Double click the MegaRAID Storage Manager software shortcut icon on your desktop. The Host View dialog appears, as shown in the figure.

2.	Select the Use LDAP Login check box and click Discover Host. All the MegaRAID Storage Manager servers registered with the LDAP server are displayed in the Remote servers box.

NOTE  If the Use LDAP Login check box is selected, the IP Address field is disabled.

3.	Click on a server link to connect to the LDAP server.

NOTE  Based on the privileges alloted to you, the MegaRAID Storage Manager servers are launched with full access rights or read only rights.

If you have selected the Do not prompt for credentials when connecting to LDAP check box (in the LDAP Settings tab in the Configure Host dialog), you are directly connected to the LDAP server. Otherwise, the LDAP Login dialog appears, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 9. LDAP Login

Follow these steps to enter the LDAP login details:

1.	Enter the IP address of the LDAP server in the LDAP Server IP Address field.

2.	Enter the LDAP server's user name and password in the User Name and Password fields respectively. An example of a user name can be username@testldap.com.

3.	Enter the name of the Domain Controller in the Distinguished Name field. As an example, the Domain Controller name can be dc= TESTLDAP, dc=com.

NOTE  The LDAP Server IP Address, User Name, Password, and Distinguished Name fields are already populated if their corresponding values have been stored in the LDAP Settings tab in the Configure Host dialog.

4.	Select the Use Default Port check if you want to use the default port number. The default port number, 389, appears in the Port field. If you do not want to use the default port number, uncheck the Use Default Port check box and enter a port number in the Port field.

5.	Select the Remember my Login Details check box if you want to save all the values entered in this dialog in the LDAP Settings tab in the Configure Host dialog.

6.	Click Login to login to the LDAP server.