The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) V1 security realm is an alternative to the File realm. It provides authentication through users and groups stored in an LDAP directory. This server allows you to manage all the users for your organization in one place: the LDAP directory. The LDAP V1 security realm supports Open LDAP, Netscape iPlanet, Microsoft Site Server, and Novell NDS LDAP servers.
To use the LDAP V1 security realm instead of the File realm:
The Create a New Basic Realm page appears.
For more information:
When configuring the Caching realm, select the LDAP Realm V1 option from the pull-down menu for the Basic Realm attribute on the Caching Realms: Configuration: General page. The Basic Realm attribute defines the association between the Caching realm and the alternate security realm (in this case, the LDAP V1 security realm).