| Managing the Directory | 184• Sun ONE Directory Server• Open LDAP Directory Server• Microsoft Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)The biggest advantage of LDAP is that users can quickly find contacts from the LDAP server rather than maintainingthe local directory. The contact information returned by the LDAP server is read-only, and the user can call an LDAPcontact, but cannot add, edit, or delete the LDAP contact. The administrator can configure the filtering conditions ofthe LDAP request on the devices, such as the number of displayed contacts, the returned information, and how to sortcontacts.The method about how the devices search for contacts on LDAP is described as below:• Enter the content you want to search in the Dialing interface (ensure that the callee has enabled the LDAP in thematching list).• In the Contact interface, select the “Colleague” group to go to the LDAP search interface and enter the desiredcontent.The device sends a search request to the LDAP server, and the LDAP server will search all contacts according to theinput content and the filtering condition, and then return the matched result to the device.• LDAP Attributes• Configuring LDAPLDAP AttributesThe following table lists the most common attributes used to configure the LDAP lookup on systems.Abbreviation Name Descriptiongn givenName First namecn commonName LDAP attribute is made up fromgiven name joined to surname.sn surname Last name or family namedn distinguishedName The unique identifier for each entrydc dc The domain component- company The company or the organizationname- telephoneNumber The office phone numbermobile mobilephoneNumber The mobile or cellular phonenumberipPhone IPphoneNumber The home phone numberConfiguring LDAPProcedure1. On your web user interface, go to Directory > LDAP.2. Configure and save the following settings:
