Unique attributes

The Unique Attributes feature ensures that the specified attributes always have unique values within a directory. These attributes can be specified in two entries only, cn=uniqueattributes,cn=localhost and cn=uniqueattributes,cn=IBMpolicies.

The values for a unique attribute are stored on the server where the attribute is designated as unique. Search results for unique attributes are unique for that server's database only. Search results that include results from referrals might not be unique.
Note: Binary attributes, operational attributes, configuration attributes, and the objectclass attribute cannot be designated as unique.