The storage system must only be operated in conjunction with an Active Directory server in a trusted environment if an LDAP server is not available.

Where strong account and password management capabilities are required, the 3PAR system is heavily dependent on its ability to use an AD server.Satisfies: SRG-OS-000001-GPOS-00001, SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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Determine if the system is configured for Active Directory (AD). Enter the following command: cli% showauthparam If the result returns an error, this is a finding. If the resulting output does include the parameters "groups-dn", "group-obj", or "group-name-attr" then the host is setup for LDAP, this requirement is not applicable. If the host is setup for Active Directory and these fields in the output are not configured, this is a finding. ldap-server ldap-server-hn Next, verify that the AD authentication is operational by entering the following command: cli% checkpassword : password: If the username and password used in checkpassword are known to be valid AD credentials, and the following text is NOT displayed at the end of the resulting output, this is a finding. user is authenticated and authorized Note: The "checkpassword" command will not display authenticated information even if AD is properly configured, if the username and password are not entered correctly.

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Use this series of commands to configure the host to use Active Directory: cli% setauthparam -f ldap-server cli% setauthparam -f binding simple cli% setauthparam -f ldap-StartTLS require cli% setauthparam -f Kerberos-realm cli% setauthparam -f ldap-server-hn cli% setauthparam -f accounts-dn CN=Users,DC=win2k12forest,DC=thisdomain,DC=com cli% setauthparam -f user-dn-base CN=Users,DC=win2k12forest,DC=thisdomain,DC=com cli% setauthparam -f user-attr WIN2K12FOREST\\ cli% setauthparam -f account-obj user cli% setauthparam -f account-name-attr sAMAccountName cli% setauthparam -f memberof-attr memberOf cli% setauthparam -f browse-map "CN=,CN=Users,DC=win2k12forest,DC=thisdomain,DC=com" cli% setauthparam -f edit-map "CN=,CN=Users,DC=win2k12forest,DC=thisdomain,DC=com" cli% setauthparam -f service-map "CN=,CN=Users,DC=win2k12forest,DC=thisdomain,DC=com" cli% setauthparam -f super-map "CN=,CN=Users,DC=win2k12forest,DC=thisdomain,DC=com"

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SV-85129r1_rule The storage system must only be operated in conjunction with an Active Directory server in a trusted environment if an LDAP server is not available.

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