91Provisioning Client User GuideLightweight Directory Access ProtocolLightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a client-server access protocolthat runs on top of TCP/IP. It defines a communications protocol, such astransport and format of messages, that it used by an access client to reach data in adirectory.Topics in this section include:• “LDAP functionality” on page 91• “Administrator configuration and provisioning” on page 94• “Server Configuration” on page 95• “Schema Configuration” on page 97• “User Defaults” on page 99• “Query Test Tool” on page 101LDAP functionalityThe LDAP interface propagates subscriber information from an LDAP version 3server to an MCS database. This functionality is offered as part of theProvisioning Manager. The LDAP functionality requires that the MCS system,particularly the Provisioning Manager, is present or has access to the samenetwork as the LDAP server.The LDAP functionality supports the following functions:• Addition of new subscribers. The LDAP functionality allows creation ofnew users only if the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN) of the entry inquestion is not already present on the MCS system for that domain. Anexample of an RDN is: uid=joeb, ou=Internal, ou=People, o=ABC. In thisexample, if the sipuser joeb does not already exist in the MCS system, thenthis new user can be created.
