Port information list, Fc switch information list, Authentication window (fibre port selected) – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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If you select the Fibre folder, information about ports and fibre channel switches appears in the
table to the right of the tree. The Fibre folder is available only if the storage system contains a fibre
channel adapter.

Description

Item

This icon indicates a fibre channel port.

CLX-Y

Port information list

Description

Item

Fibre channel port names.

Port Name

The period of time between authentication sessions to a same port. If the previous
authentication session to a port failed, the next authentication session starts after the
specified period of time elapses. The unit is seconds.

Time out

If authentication fails for the number of times specified in Refusal Freq., connection to
the port fails. Refusal Intvl. shows the interval (in minutes) from when connection to a
port fails to when the next authentication session starts.

Refusal Intvl.

Number of times that authentication is allowed for connection to a port. If authentication
fails for the specified number of times, connection to the port fails.

Refusal Freq.

FC switch information list

Description

Item

Fibre channel port name.

Port Name

User name of the fibre channel switch.

User Name

Mode of authentication between ports and fibre channel switches.

Mode

bidirectional: The authentication mode is mutual.

unidirectional: The authentication mode is not mutual.

Indicates whether to perform authentication for the fibre channel switch.

Authentication

Enable: The fibre channel switch is a target of user authentication.

Disable: The fibre channel switch is not a target of user authentication.

Authentication window (fibre port selected)

On the menu bar, click Actions, Port/Host Group, and then Authentication. The Authentication
window opens. Use this window to make settings for user authentication.

Authentication window

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