Data transfer to the adapter

The Active Directory Adapter is an individual IBM® Security Identity Manager software program on a domain controller or a non-domain controller workstation.

Data is transferred between the Active Directory Adapter and the IBM Security Identity server using the Directory Access Markup Language (DAML) protocol. DAML uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to send XML-formatted messages between the adapter and IBM Security Identity Manager.

IBM Security Identity Manager communicates with the Active Directory Adapter in order to administer user accounts. When the IBM Security Identity server issues a request to the Active Directory Adapter, the server opens a TCP/IP connection. This connection stays open until the agent completes the request and responds back to the server with an acknowledgment message. After the IBM Security Identity server receives the anticipated response, it drops the connection to the adapter.