1.2 Key Driver Features

The sections below contains a list of the key driver features.

1.2.1 Local Platforms

The SIF driver can be installed locally on a NetWare® or Windows server.

1.2.2 Remote Platforms

The SIF driver can use the Remote Loader service. The Remote Loader service for the SIF driver can be installed on NetWare and Windows Platforms. For more information about installing the Remote Loader services, see Installing the Remote Loader in the Novell Identity Manager 3.5.1 Administration Guide .

1.2.3 Role-Based Entitlements

The SIF driver does not support Role-Based Entitlements.

1.2.4 Password Synchronization Support

The SIF driver can synchronize passwords between the Identity Vault and the Zone if the SIF driver and the Zone are using SIF Specification 1.5r1 or later. For more information, see Section 2.6, Password Synchronization.

1.2.5 Synchronized Objects

The SIF driver synchronizes StudentPersonal, StudentSchoolEnrollment, SchoolInfo, and StaffPersonal objects from the SIF system to users object in the Identity Vault. It also synchronizes container objects. For more information about the SIF driver, see Section 1.3, About the Identity Manager Driver for SIF.