Configuring An Nis Authentication Server; Configuring A Radius Authentication Server - Avocent MERGEPOINT SP MANAGER Installer/User Manual

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5. In the LDAP Base field, change the definition if the LDAP authentication server uses a
different distinguished name for the search base than the one displayed.
NOTE: 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.
6. From the Secure LDAP drop-down menu, select either Off, On and Start TLS.
7. In the LDAP User Name field, type an optional username.
8. In the LDAP Password field, type an optional password.
9. In the LDAP Login Attribute field, type an optional login attribute.
10. Click Apply. The changes are stored in /etc/ldap.conf on the MergePoint SP manager.

Configuring an NIS Authentication Server

You need to configure an NIS authentication server when the MergePoint SP manager is
configured to use the NIS authentication method or any of its variations (NIS/DownLocal,
Local/NIS or NIS/Local).
To configure an NIS authentication server:
1. Click the Users tab.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Authentication Services. The Authentication Service
Configuration window appears.
3. Select NIS from the Authentication Method drop-down menu. The NIS fields display.
4. In the NIS Domain Name field, type the NIS domain name.
5. In the NIS Server IP field, type the IP address of the NIS server.
6. Click Apply.

Configuring a RADIUS Authentication Server

You need to configure a RADIUS authentication server when the MergePoint SP manager is
configured to use the RADIUS authentication method or any of its variations (Local/Radius,
Radius/Local or Radius Down/Local). See Configuring group authorization for RADIUS
authentication on page 116 for how to manually configure group authorizations with RADIUS
authentication.
To configure a RADIUS authentication server:
1. Click the Users tab.