Advanced Operations 8
Switched Power Distribution Unit
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Search Bind DN.
Maximum password size is 20 characters.
To set the Bind Password DN:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap
bindpw and press Enter. At the following
prompt, type the bind password and press Enter.
Setting the group membership attribute:
The Set LDAP GroupAttr command is used to
specify the name of user class attributes that lists
distinguished names (DN), or names of groups
that a user is a member of. Maximum string
length is 30 characters.
To set Group Membership Attribute:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap
groupattr and press Enter. At the following
prompt, type the group membership attribute and
press Enter.
Example
The following sets the group membership attribute
for MSAD to ‘memberof’:
Switched PDU: set ldap groupattr<Enter>
Enter Group Member Attr (Max character 30):
memberof<Enter>
Setting the group membership value type:
The Set LDAP GroupType command is used to
specify whether the values of Group Membership
Attribute represent the Distinguished Name (DN)
of a group or just the name of the group.
To set group membership value type:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap
grouptype followed by DN or Name and press
Enter.
Example
The following sets group membership value to DN
Switched PDU: set ldap grouptype DN<Enter>
Setting the user search base Distinguished
Name (DN):
The Set LDAP UserBaseDN command is used to
set the base (DN) for the login username search.
This is where the search will start, and will include
all subtrees. Maximum size is 100 characters.
To set the user search base DN:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap
userbasedn and press Enter. At the following
prompt, type the search base DN and press En-
ter.
Example
The following sets the DN user search base for
MSAD to ‘cn=Users,dc=rittal,dc=com’:
Switched PDU: set ldap userbasedn<Enter>
Enter User Search Base DN (Max characters
100):
cn=Users,dc=rittal,dc=com<Enter>
Setting the user search filter:
The Set LDAP UserFilter command is used to set
the search filter for the username entered at the
login prompt.
The search filter must be entered within paren-
thesis and adhere to the following format:
(searchfilter=%s)
where ‘searchfilter’ is the name of the attribute in
the user class which has a value that represents
the user’s login name. In this string, the ‘%s’ will
be replaced by the entered username. Maximum
string length is 100 characters.
To set the user search filter:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type set ldap
userfilter and press Enter. At the following
prompt, type the User Search Filter and press
Enter.
Example
The following sets the user search filter for MSAD
to ‘samaccountname’:
Switched PDU: set ldap userfilter<Enter>
Enter User Search Filter (Max characters 100):
(samaccountname=%s)<Enter>
Setting the authentication order:
The Set Authorder command sets the authentica-
tion order for remote authentication sessions.
The PDU supports two methods for authentication
order - Remote -> Local and Remote Only.
The Remote -> Local method first attempts au-
thentication with the Active Directory server and if
unsuccessful with the local user database on the
PDU device.
The Remote Only method attempts authentication
only with the Active Directory server and if unsuc-
cessful, access is denied.
