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authentication by Fibre Channel switches with CHAP, the connection results are as follows, unless
otherwise noted.

Table 18 Combinations of Fibre Channel settings and connection results

Connection results

Fibre Channel switch
settings

Port settings

Fibre Channel switch's
user information

Authentication: at Fibre
Channel switch

Connected if the au-
thentication of the
Fibre Channel switch
succeeded

Registered

Registered

Enable

Failed to be authentic-
ated and cannot be
connected

Not registered

Registered

Enable

Failed to be authentic-
ated and cannot be
connected

Registered

Not registered

Enable

Connected without
authentication of the
Fibre Channel
switch

2

1

1

Disable

1

This item does not affect the connection results, or cannot be specified.

2

If a Fibre Channel switch is configured for authentication by ports with CHAP, authentication of the host fails. To allow such

a Fibre Channel switch to connect to the port without authentication, do not configure it for authentication by ports with CHAP.

For more information about authentication of hosts, see

Authentication of Fibre Channel switches

.

Specifying a Fibre Channel port's information

To perform user authentication in Fibre Channel environments, you must specify information for the
Fibre Channel ports of the array.

1.

Start XP LUN Configuration and Security Manager Software, and display the Authentication pane
(

Figure 30

).

2.

In the Port tree, double-click the Subsystem folder. If the array contains Fibre Channel adapters,
the Fibre folder appears below the Subsystem folder. The port's information appears in the Port
Information list.

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