ambari-server sync-ldap fails if there are too many users in the LDAP server (more than 1000?)

ambari-server setup-ldap was performed against QE AD server, which has more than 2000 users.

[root@c6401 ~]# ambari-server sync-ldap --all
Using python  /usr/bin/python2.6
Syncing with LDAP...
Enter Ambari Admin login: admin
Enter Ambari Admin password:
Syncing all.......ERROR: Exiting with exit code 1.
REASON: Caught exception running LDAP sync. [LDAP: error code 4 - Sizelimit Exceeded]; nested exception is javax.naming.SizeLimitExceededException: [LDAP: error code 4 - Sizelimit Exceeded]; remaining name 'CN=Users,DC=scl42,DC=hortonworks,DC=com'

Dilli Arumugam told me that Ranger (formerly known as XASecure) also hit a similar issue

Problem: If your directory contains > 1000 users, attempts to sync-ldap users and groups to Ambari will fail. There is a limit of 1000 to the number of entities Ambari can process.
Solution: Perform the sync-ldap using the --users and --groups option to limit the amount of entities to be under 1000 and perform the sync in batches.