Fernan,
See here:
http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3343.html
Of particular interest is the statement:
"LDAP on the filers is designed to map user credentials to UNIX® UID/GID pairs for NFS via the RFC2307 schema extensions and does not apply to the CIFS authentication and authorization process. Thus, it is not possible as of this writing to directly integrate the filer into eDirectory environments using LDAP alone."
For older versions of Netware you have a few options:
1) Install a Windows PC as a domain controller and synchronise it using either the Novell or Microsoft directory synchronization tools. Then integrate the filer with the Windows domain. Your workstations will require the Microsoft networking redirector re-enabled if it was disabled during the Netware client installation. There are issues with this approach that mean that users should do any password changes at end of day (sync lag preventing logon for a period after password change).
2) Use a Netware server as a gateway - you can do NFS mounts from the filer to the Netware box which then servers the data to the workstations. However, the problem with this is that you're not gaining the wide sharing I/O capability of the NetApp box (workstation I/O will be bottlenecked at the Netware server).
3) Mount iSCSI volumes from the filer on the Netware box. Again like option 2, you are limited to the I/O capability of the Netware server. You need a Netware iSCSI initiator for this to work (I don't know if this is available for 5.11, it is for 6.x versions)
The directory sync option is the only way to gain the server consolidation and performance benefits of the NetApp box, but it's messy to configure and maintain.
If you are planning to upgrade to Netware 6.5 SP2, then you can use the Windows DC emulation as described in the URL above and life is good.
regards,
Alan McLachlan Technical Services Manager ComputerCORP ACT
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-----Original Message----- From: Fernán Orjuela [mailto:fernan.orjuela@intek.com.co] Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2005 1:14 AM To: 'NetApp Toasters List' Subject: NDS and ONTAP
I need connect the Filer with ONTAP 7.0.1 to Novell 5.1 NDS LDAP database.
How to identify the ldap.base, ldap.passwd, ldap......... in Novell and how to use the accounts in Novell NDS for assign permissions to shares from filerview.
Cordialmente
Fernán Orjuela Carvajal