Configuring Your Px6-300D Network Storage To Use Active Directory - Iomega px6-300d User Manual

Configuring Your px6-300d Network Storage to Use Active
Directory
If you have an existing Active Directory user organization, you can incorporate it into the px6-300d device
management interface. Your px6-300d can work in a high availability environment, which means it can
work with multiple AD servers should one server fail or go offline.
Follow the instructions below to configure your px6-300d to use Active Directory.
1. Manually set the DNS server for the px6-300d:
Open the Network feature. Uncheck Automatically configure all network settings, type the IP
address of your DNS Server in the text box, and click Apply to save your settings.
2. Configure the px6-300d to join the Active Directory domain:
Open the Domain Management feature and click ON to enable Active Directory.
3. Provide the following connectivity information for the existing AD user organization that you want
to incorporate into the px6-300d:
Domain Name — the fully qualified domain name of your Active Directory domain, for
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example, sohoad.com.
Preferred Server — optionally enter the actual name or IP address of your Active Directory
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Server, for example, ad-server.sohoad.com or 10.14.50.12. If this field is left blank, the px6-
300d will use the DNS setting (step 1) to resolve the AD Server (also called "Domain
Controller").
Organizational Unit — an optional predefined subset of directory objects within an Active
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Directory domain, where the computer object for the px6-300d will be created in the domain.
Administrator Username — the Active Directory username with domain administrator
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privilege, or enough privilege to join client computers to the domain.
Administrator Password — the Active Directory password for the specified Active Directory
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username.
Users/Groups Refresh Interval — how often the px6-300d should refresh the list of available
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users and groups from the Active Directory server.
Local Network Encryption (SSL) — enforces encryption on your local network.
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Remote Network Encryption (SSL) — enforces encryption outside your local network, such
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as through the internet. Choices for both encryption types are Not required and Always
(encryption is always enforced). Always encrypting communication is safest, but can impact
performance.
Enable trusted domains — enables your px6-300d to allow access to other domains.
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4. Click Apply to save your settings.

Configuring Your px6-300d Network Storage to Use Active Directory

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