HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 205)

Setting the fabric switch authentication mode
You can specify the authentication mode of a fabric switch.
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, double-click the Storage System folder.
If the storage system contains any fibre channel adapters, the Fibre folder appears below the
Storage System folder.
4. In the Port tree, double-click the Fibre folder. Information about the fabric switch appears in
the Fabric Switch Information list below the Port Information list.
5. Right-click any point in the Fabric Switch Information list and select Authentication Mode:
unidirectional->bi-directional.
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 fibre channel setting, perform the same operation, except that you must select the
Authentication Mode: bi-directional->unidirectional menu in step 4.
Enabling or disabling fabric switch authentication
By default, the fabric switch authentication is disabled. To enable fabric switches to authenticate
hosts, enable the user authentication settings of fabric switches.
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, double-click the Storage System folder.
If the storage system contains any fibre channel adapters, the Fibre folder appears below the
Storage System folder.
4. In the Port tree, double-click the Fibre folder. Information about the fabric switch appears in
the Fabric Switch Information list below the Port Information list.
5. Right-click any point in the Fabric Switch Information list and select
Authentication:Disable->Enable.
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 fabric switch setting so that the switch cannot authenticate hosts, perform the same
operation, except select the Authentication:Enable->Disable menu in step 4.
Managing hosts
Changing WWN or nickname of a host bus adapter
In fibre channel environments, host bus adapters can be identified by WWNs or nicknames.
1.
Select the Hosts tab using one of the following ways.
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Click Ports/Host Groups in the Storage Systems tree.
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Click Ports/Host Groups in the Storage Systems tree, and then select a port from the tree.
•
Click Ports/Host Groups in the Storage Systems tree, select a port from the tree, and then
select a host group from the tree.
2. Select the Hosts tab, and then select the host bus adapter you want to change from the list of
hosts.
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