28 • CCS-UC-1: Crestron Mercury Tabletop Conference System Supplemental Guide – DOC. 7844E
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
LDAP is an Internet protocol that the CCS-UC-1 can use to look up contacts from a server.
The CCS-UC-1 can be configured to search for telephone contacts in an LDAP directory.
The amount of search results can be controlled by using filters, allowing for searches within
departments, locations, etc.. For more information, refer to Answer ID 5852 in the Online
Help on the Crestron website (www.crestron.com/onlinehelp
).
NOTE: Knowledge of the LDAP server and its directory information tree are required to
configure the CCS-UC-1 for use with the LDAP server.
To configure the CCS-UC-1 to access and look up members in an LDAP directory, perform
the following procedure:
1. Select Enable LDAP.
2. Select the Authentication Method from the dropdown list.
3. Configure the fields highlighted in red. Fields that are not highlighted are optional
and are not required for operation.
• Kerberos Auto Discovery
o Username: Enter the user name for logging the device into the LDAP
server.
o Password (required): Enter the password associated with the Username.
o LDAP Domain: Enter the fully qualified domain associated with the login
credentials supplied in the
Username and Password fields. i.e.,
MyCompany.MyCompany.com.
o DN: Enter the path in the directory information tree to start the search. i.e.
dc=Mycompany,dc=MyCompany,dc=com.
o Search: Enter the LDAP search string to use. Add search filters as
necessary to narrow the search.
Sample: (&(
XX=%QUERY%)(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))
Where
XX is the name of the Display Attribute, and the subsequent terms
are search filters.
%QUERY% will be replaced with the search string
NOTE: Must contain “%QUERY%” and must start with “(” and end with
“)”.
o Display Attribute: Enter the name of the LDAP field associated with the
attribute used for displaying a user name.
o Location (optional): Enter the name of the LDAP field associated with the
attribute used for listing a location.
o Department Attribute (optional): Enter the name of the LDAP field
associated with the attribute used for listing a department.
o Phone Attribute: Enter the name of the LDAP field associated with the
attribute used for listing a phone number.