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Specifying whether to enable or disable host authentication on a port
You can specify whether to perform host authentication on each port. By default, user authentication is
disabled.
1.
In the Port tree on the User Authentication tab, double-click the Subsystem folder.
If the disk array contains any iSCSI channel adapters, the iSCSI folder appears below the Subsystem
folder.
2.
Double-click the iSCSI folder.
3.
Right-click an iSCSI port that is displayed with (Authentication:OFF).
4.
Select Authentication: OFF -> ON.
The (Authentication:OFF) displayed on the right of the port name changes to (Authentication:ON), and
the port name and (Authentication:ON) are displayed in blue.
5.
Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
6.
Click OK. The setting is applied to the disk array.
NOTE:
To disable authentication on a port (return the port setting to (Authentication:OFF), perform the
same operation, but select Authentication: ON -> OFF in
Registering user information of hosts on a port
On iSCSI ports that authenticate hosts, you must register user information for all the hosts that you allow to
connect.
1.
In the Port tree, select a port for which you want to register user information of a host. The user
information of hosts currently registered on the selected port appears in the User Information (Host)
table to the right of the Port tree.
NOTE:
You can register user information of a host even if the port status is (Authentication:OFF).
In this case, however, the registered user information of the host is ignored.
2.
Do one of the following:
a. In the Port tree, right-click a port on which you want to register user information of a host.
b. Right-click any point in the User Information (Host) table.
3.
Select Add New User Information (Host) from the shortcut menu. The Add New User Information (Host)
dialog box appears.
Figure 23
Add New User Information dialog box
In this dialog box, specify the following user information for the host you want to allow to connect: