User information (port) table, Buttons, Registering user information of hosts on a port – HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP user guide for the XP128/XP1024

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The table contains the following columns:

iSCSI Name: Displays iSCSI names of host bus adapters.

Protocol: Indicates the user authentication protocol. This is always CHAP.

User: Indicates user names of hosts. When no user name is defined, this column is blank.

Authentication: Indicates whether to perform authentication for the host. If the host is a target of user

authentication, Enable appears. If the host is not a target of user authentication, Disable appears.

User Information (Port) table

The User Information (Port) table, on the bottom right of the User Authentication tab, displays user

information of the port selected in the tree.
The table contains the following columns:

iSCSI Name: Displays the iSCSI name of the port.

User: Indicates the user name of the port. When the user name is not defined for a port, this column is

left blank. If you use upgraded LUN Manager and the port performed host authentication before

upgrading, Administrator appears as the default.

Buttons

Apply: Applies settings in the pane to the disk array.

Cancel: Cancels settings in the pane.

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

step 4

.

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.

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