HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 200)

4. Double-click the Fibre folder and fibre channel port icon under the Fibre folder.
When you double-click the Fibre folder, the fibre channel ports contained in the storage system
appear as icons. If you double-click the fibre channel ports, host groups appear as icons. On
the right of each icon appears the host group name.
indicates the host group authenticates hosts. This is the default.
indicates the host group does not authenticate hosts.
5. Right-click a host group that appears with and select Authentication:Disable -> Enable. The
host group icon changes to , and the port name appears in blue.
6. Click Apply in the Authentication window. A message appears asking whether to apply the
settings to the storage system.
7. Click OK to close the message. The settings are applied to the storage system.
To return the host group setting to , perform the same operation, except select the
Authentication:Enable -> Disable menu in step 4.
Registering host user information
On a host group that performs authentication of hosts, register user information of all hosts that
you allow to connect.
You should register user information of all the hosts to be connected to a host group that performs
authentication of hosts. To allow a specific host to connect to such a host group without
authentication, configure the host group and the host as follows.
On the host: it does not matter if you configure the host for authentication by ports with CHAP, or
not.
1.
On the menu bar, select Actions, Port/Host Group, and then Authentication.
2. In the Authentication window, click to change to Modify mode.
3. In the Port tree, select a port or host group on which you want to register user information of
a host.
The user information of hosts currently registered on the selected port or host group appears
in the Authentication Information (Host) list below the Authentication Information (Target) list.
You can register user information of a host even if the port status is . In this case, however,
the registered user information of a host is ignored.
4. Right-click any point in the Authentication Information (Host) list and select Add New User
Information. The Add New User Information (Host) dialog box opens.
5. In this dialog box, specify the following user information of the host you want to allow
connection.
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Group Name: Specify the group name of host bus adapter. Select one from the list. In
the list, all the group names of host bus adapters connected to the selected port by the
cable appear.
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User Name: Specify the WWN of the host bus adapter with up to 16 characters. You
can use alphanumeric characters in a user name.
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Secret: Specify the secret (that is, a password used in CHAP authentication) between 12
to 32 characters.
You can use alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following symbols in a secret: . -
+ @ _ = : [ ] , ~
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Re-enter Secret: Specify the secret, again, for confirmation.
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Protocol: Specify the protocol used in the user authentication. This protocol is fixed to
CHAP.
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