This feature enables you to start the server in the configuration mode only.
IBM® Security Directory Server supports LDAP access to the server's configuration settings. An administrator can use LDAP protocol to query and update the configuration for the server. This feature enables remote administration. In order to be more robust and reliable, the server does not depend on successful initialization of the database back ends. It is possible to start the server in configuration only mode with only the cn=configuration suffix active. In other words, as long as the configuration backend is available, the server starts and accepts LDAP requests. Configuration only mode gives an administrator remote access to the server even when errors are encountered during startup.