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  • 1.  IBM SANnav zOS RACF LDAP support

    Posted Thu September 22, 2022 12:57 PM
    We have a mainframe customer that uses IBM b-Series Director class switches for their FICON SAN infrastructure.  This past year they migrated to IBM SANnav Management Portal Enterprise Edition to manage their SANs.  They have also adopted a corporate policy that requires all systems management security authentication to use LDAP. 

    The mainframe team at this customer has deployed zOS RACF LDAP.  However, they have not been able to configure SANnav to use RACF LDAP.  They are requesting the following:

    SANnav LDAP support to include:

    • z/OS 2.4 and use the included LDAP server  (A.K.A. RACF LDAP)
    • support  RACF LDAP   for authentication of both user ID and Groups
    • specially  database SDBM GLDBSD31 SDBM-0001 

    How can we accommodate this customer

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    Angelo DeRise
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  • 2.  RE: IBM SANnav zOS RACF LDAP support

    IBM Champion
    Posted Thu September 22, 2022 01:54 PM
    Brocade SANnav supports following Authentication and Authorization methods;

    Local Database: SANnav Management Portal database
    AD LDAP Server: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 
    CD LDAP Server: Computer Associates Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
    AD Global Catalog: Active Directory Global Catalog
    RADIUS:  Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
    TACACS+: Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus

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    Nezih Boyacioglu
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  • 3.  RE: IBM SANnav zOS RACF LDAP support

    Posted Fri September 23, 2022 08:16 AM
    Edited by System Wed March 08, 2023 03:58 PM
    What is the process to submit a Request For Enhancement, RFE, for SANnav?  Our customer would like to see IBM zOS RACF LDAP support included in SANnav.  They are asking for our assistance as they acquired the IBM rebranded version of SANnav, IBM SANnav Management Portal Enterprise Edition.

    Please advise?  I've already spoken with our local Broadcom team and they have not been very helpful.

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    Angelo DeRise
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  • 4.  RE: IBM SANnav zOS RACF LDAP support

    IBM Champion
    Posted Fri September 23, 2022 09:51 AM
    It's just oem software, developed by Brocade (Broadcom company) and as you mentioned rebranded by IBM. Also other vendors sell same software with their name like hpe, dell etc.  As far as i know IBM or any other oem sellers is not involved the development process or future enhancements. Ask local IBM team.

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    Nezih Boyacioglu
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