Checking the format of directory-based storage system credentials

If you are using directory-based storage credentials for adding storage systems to the IBM Spectrum Connect (not for logging in to Spectrum Connect), you must verify that the directory user name is provided in the correct format.

Different formats are possible for a directory-based user name. For example:
  • User name without the domain name, for example: john21
  • User name with the domain name, for example: john21@domain_name
The format that should be used depends on the directory user name attribute string that is defined on the storage system. For example:
  • sAMAccountName – User name without the domain name (john21).
  • userPrincipalName – User name with the domain name (john21@domain_name).

The following figure shows the user name attribute in the LDAP role mapping definitions for XIV® (defined via the XIV management GUI).

Figure 1. XIV role mapping attributes for directory (LDAP) users
This image shows the XIV role mapping definitions for directory (LDAP) users.