Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Expressway
Appendix 7 — Active Directory (direct): Checking domain information and VCS status
VCS Deployment Guide: Device authentication on Cisco VCS (VCS X7.2)
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LDAP port: <port, e.g. 389>
Server time: <Time>
KDC server: <IP of KDC server>
Server time offset: <offset between AD server and VCS>
Server time: <Time>
KDC server: <IP of KDC server>
Server time offset: <offset between AD server and VCS>
This is the same information as option 4) of Domain_management.
Net ads testjoin
1. Login as root over SSH or via the serial interface, then type:
Net ads testjoin
The VCS will report:
[<Date, Time>] <success or failure logs>
Join to domain <success or failure>
[<Date, Time>] <success or failure logs>
Join to domain <success or failure>
Failed reasons may include:
Preauthentication failed
To fix this, re-enter username and password on web interface and select Save.
(You may have to edit another field on the web page to allow the username and password to be
configurable – then return the field to the required value before selecting Save.)
(You may have to edit another field on the web page to allow the username and password to be
configurable – then return the field to the required value before selecting Save.)