How to encrypt LDAP traffic when connecting to the Global Catalog
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.x
- Active Directory Global Catalog
- LDAP
Description
- In certain scenarios it may be required for the SVM to connect to the Global Catalog server for resolving UNIX credentials
- ONTAP does not support encrypted connections over port 3269
- If this connection requires encryption to prevent user names and credentials to pass the network in clear text, please follow the steps in the procedure below