LDAP

Your EX15 device supports LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), a protocol used for directory information services over an IP network. LDAP can be used with your EX15 device for centralized authentication and authorization management for users who connect to the device. With LDAP support, the EX15 device acts as an LDAP client, which sends user credentials and connection parameters to an LDAP server. The LDAP server then authenticates the LDAP client requests and sends back a response message to the device.

When you are using LDAP authentication, you can have both local users and LDAP users able to log in to the device. To use LDAP authentication, you must set up a LDAP server that is accessible by the EX15 device prior to configuration. The process of setting up a LDAP server varies by the server environment.

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