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User authentication method

Use the information in this topic to understand the modes that the XClarity Controller can use to authenticate login attempts.

Click the drop-down menu beside Allow login from to select how user login attempts are authenticated. You can select one of the following authentication methods:
  • Local only: Users are authenticated by a search of the local user account configured in the XClarity Controller. If there is no match of the user ID and password, access is denied.
  • LDAP only: The XClarity Controller attempts to authenticate the user with credentials kept on an LDAP server. The local user accounts in the XClarity Controller are not searched with this authentication method.
  • Local first, then LDAP: Local authentication is attempted first. If local authentication fails; then, LDAP authentication is attempted.
  • LDAP first, then local user: LDAP authentication is attempted first. If LDAP authentication fails; then, local authentication is attempted.
Note
  • Only locally administered accounts are shared with the IPMI and SNMP interfaces. These interfaces do not support LDAP authentication.
  • IPMI and SNMP users can login using the locally administered accounts when the Allow logons from field is set to LDAP only.