ONTAP and AD continuously interact to manage authentication and authorization for access to storage resources. User and group account information: ONTAP uses AD to authenticate users and to apply appr...ONTAP and AD continuously interact to manage authentication and authorization for access to storage resources. User and group account information: ONTAP uses AD to authenticate users and to apply appropriate permissions based on group membership. LDAP queries: ONTAP perform LDAP queries to AD to retrieve user and group details. Organizational Units (OUs): ONTAP can be configured to recognize OUs from AD to manage storage resources and access control policies.
Applies to ONTAP 9 Answer No, change the password for an AD domain administrator or domain admins account does not affect ONTAP (such as shared folders connected via CIFS). Additional Information addi...Applies to ONTAP 9 Answer No, change the password for an AD domain administrator or domain admins account does not affect ONTAP (such as shared folders connected via CIFS). Additional Information additionalInformation_text
