Switch authentication – HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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shows the relationship between the combinations of host group settings and the connection

results in authentication of hosts. Regardless of whether or not the host is configured for
authentication by ports with CHAP, the connection results are as follows, unless otherwise noted.

Table 3 Combinations of port settings and connection results

Connection results

Host settings

Port settings

User Information for
Host

Authentication: at host
group

Connected if the authentication of the host
succeeded

Registered

Registered

Enable

Failed to be authenticated and cannot be
connected

Not registered

Registered

Enable

Failed to be authenticated and cannot be
connected

Registered

Not registered

Enable

Connected without authentication of the
host

2

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1

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1

Disable

1

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

2

If a host is configured for authentication by ports with CHAP, authentication of the host will fail. To allow such a host to
connect to the port without authentication, do not configure it for authentication by ports with CHAP.

Switch Authentication

When a host attempts to connect to the storage system, the connection results of the authentication
of the Fibre Channel switch differ depending on the Fibre Channel switch setting related to each
port.

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illustrates the relationship between Fibre Channel switch settings and the connection

results in a flow. The setting of Fibre Channel switch authentication is independent from the setting
of host authentication.

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