set dsa prefix—Define the Prefix of a DSA

The prefix parameter of the set DSA command defines the prefix for a DSA. You can include a definition of a horizontal partition in the prefix.

The syntax of the prefix parameter is as follows:

prefix = x500DN [ horizontal_partition ]

X500DN

Defines a partial DN in X.500 format.

horizontal_partition

Defines a horizontal partitioning for a DSA and has the following syntax:

< horizontal_partition_attribute "[hashn(total )= DSAid ]">

The symbols in the above line (< " [ ( ) = ] " > ) are part of the command.

horizontal_partition_attribute

Defines the RDN that specifies the entry, for example UserID.

hashn

Specifies the hash algorithm that the router will use to partition the namespace. This can be one of the following:

hash1

Specifies that the router uses SHA-1 hash

hash2

Specifies that the router sums the ASCII values of the uppercase characters as the hash

total

An integer that defines the total number of DSAs in the horizontal partition.

DSAid

An integer from zero to total-1 that defines the DSA. For example if total is 3, DSAid is 0, 1, or 2.