Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Directory Services Manuale Di Manutenzione
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Chapter
3
MeetingPlace
Directory
Services
Concepts
MeetingPlace
Directory
Services
System
Manager’s
Guide Latitude
Communications
Currently,
MeetingPlace Directory Services interacts with the
following
directory servers:
•
Microsoft
Active Directory – allows you to store, access
and
manipulate organizational information about users and
resources.
It is a vital component of Windows 2000 and
enables
you to manage all elements of a networked
environment
(computers, groups, users, policies and other
user-defined
objects).
•
Netscape
LDAP Directory Server – unlike an application
directory
such as Microsoft Exchange, Netscape is a general
purpose
LDAP directory that stores, publishes and centrally
manages
users and network resources.
Lightweight
Data
Access
Protocol
Lightweight
Data Access Protocol (LDAP), is a directory
services
protocol that runs atop TCP/IP. It is an easily deployed,
efficient,
and highly functional protocol that allows you to search
dynamically
throughout a system to retrieve data. Typically, it is
used
among organizations to structure disparate e-mail, network,
and
human resource databases so that directory information such
as
an address, resource or department number can be obtained.
The
LDAP directory is designed as a simple “tree” hierarchy
known
as a Directory Information Tree (DIT). This hierarchy
provides
a method for logically grouping and subgrouping similar
information
together.