Raritan Computer DKX2-0E-E User Manual

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Chapter 8: User Management 
 
 
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Returning User Group Information from Active Directory 
Server 
The Dominion KX II supports user authentication to Active Directory 
(AD) without requiring that users be defined locally on the Dominion 
KX II. This allows Active Directory user accounts and passwords to be 
maintained exclusively on the AD server. Authorization and AD user 
privileges are controlled and administered through the standard 
Dominion KX II policies and user group privileges (that are applied 
locally to AD user groups). 
Note: If you are an existing Raritan, Inc. customer, and have already configured 
the Active Directory server by changing the AD schema, Dominion KX II still 
supports this configuration, and you do not need to perform the following 
operations. Please refer to 
Appendix B: Updating the LDAP Schema (see 
"Updating the LDAP Schema
" on page 197) for information about updating the 
AD LDAP schema. 
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To enable your AD server on the Dominion KX II: 
1.  Using Dominion KX II, create special groups and assign proper 
permissions and privileges to these groups. For example, create 
groups such as: KVM_Admin, KVM_Operator. 
2.  On your Active Directory server, create new groups with the same 
group names as in the previous step. 
3.  On your AD server, assign the Dominion KX II users to the groups 
created in step 2. 
4.  From the Dominion KX II, enable and configure your AD server 
properly. Please refer to Implementing LDAP Remote 
Authentication
 (on page 115)
Important Notes: 
•  Group Name is case sensitive. 
•  The Dominion KX II provides the following default groups which 
can not been changed or deleted: Admin and <Unknown>. Please 
verify that your Active Directory server does not use the same group 
names. 
•  If the group information returned from the Active Directory server 
does not match a Dominion KX II group configuration, the 
Dominion KX II automatically assigns the group of <Unknown> to 
users who authenticate successfully.