An eDirectory installation creates an LDAP server object and an LDAP Group object. The default configuration for LDAP Services is located in the directory on these two objects. You can modify the default configuration by using the LDAP Management task in Identity Console.
The LDAP server object represents server-specific configuration data. However, the LDAP Group object contains configuration information that can be conveniently shared among multiple LDAP servers. This object provides common configuration data and represents a group of LDAP servers. The servers have common data.
You can associate multiple LDAP server objects with one LDAP Group object. All the associated LDAP servers then get their server-specific configuration from their LDAP server object but get common or shared information from the LDAP Group object.
The following tasks can be performed using the LDAP module: