The following sections provide information about how the bidirectional eDirectory driver supports standard driver features:
The bidirectional eDirectory driver runs in any Identity Manager installation. See System Requirements
in the Identity Manager 4.0.2 Integrated Installation Guide.
Entitlements standardize a method of recording this information on objects in the Identity Vault. The bidirectional eDirectory driver implements entitlements. You can use entitlements to grant or revoke rights to an account in the driver. The driver is unaware of the User Application or Role-Based Entitlements. It depends on the User Application server or the Entitlements driver to grant or revoke the entitlement for a user based upon its own rules.
You should enable entitlements for the driver only if you plan to use the User Application or Role-Based Entitlements with the driver. For more information about entitlements, see the Identity Manager 4.0.2 Entitlements Guide.
The bidirectional eDirectory driver supports password synchronization via Universal Password. You can also use the older form of password synchronization (a public/private key pair or NDS password). For more information, see Section 6.0, Synchronizing Passwords.
The Identity Manager content is now delivered in packages. The packages are included with Identity Manager 4.0 and later. For more information about Identity Manager packages, see Configuring Packages
in the Designer 4.0.2 for Identity Manager 4.0.2 Administration Guide.
There are multiple packages for the bidirectional eDirectory driver. The packages create a driver with a set of policies suitable for synchronizing data with the Identity Vault.