When an administrative user selects the Config-Authentication menu option and selects
LDAP from the Authentication Type pull-down menu, additional fields appear on the Config-Authentication screen for configuring the LDAP server.
The following two fields and menu display when the LDAP authentication type is selected:
The default distinguished name is dc, as in dc=value,dc=value. For example, if the distinguished name on the LDAP server is o, then replace dc in the base field with o, as in o=value,o=value.
Configure an authentication server when the OnBoard appliance or any of its connected devices is configured to use the LDAP authentication method or any of its variations (Local/LDAP, LDAP/Local or LDAP Down/Local).
Work with the LDAP server’s administrator to ensure that following types of accounts are set up on the LDAP server and that the administrators of the OnBoard appliance and connected devices know the passwords assigned to the accounts:
See Configuring group authorization for LDAP authentication for how to manually configure group authorizations with LDAP authentication, if desired.