What's new for V5R4
This topic highlights changes to Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) for System i™ for V5R4.
New or enhanced functions for EIM
- Group registry definitions You can create group registry definitions that will allow you to reduce the amount of work that perform to configure EIM mapping. You can manage a group registry definition similarly to the way that you manage an individual registry definition.
- Adding a group registry definition To create a group registry definition and add it to an EIM domain follow these instructions.
- Adding a member to a group registry definition When you are connection to the EIM domain that stores the group registry definition you can add a member to the group registry definition by following these instructions.
Enhancements to EIM information
This release there are many updates regarding how to implement group registry definitions for various EIM situations.
- Policy associations This information explains why you might want to use group registry definitions to establish a mapping relationship for all user identities in a single registry and a domain.
- Lookup operation examples: Example 4This information explains the search flow works for a lookup operation that returns a target user identity in a user registry that is a member of a group registry definition.
- Lookup operation examples: Example 5 This information explains how lookup operations can return ambiguous results when you specify an individual user registry definition as a member of more than one group registry definition.
Additionally, the topic Single signon was updated and provides documentation about implementing EIM as part of a single signon environment to decrease password management. This topic provides a number of detailed scenarios of common single signon situations with detailed configuration instructions for implementing them.
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To find other information about what's new or changed this release, see the Memo to Users.