HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 181)

Registering user information for a host group (for mutual authentication)
You can perform mutual authentication by specifying user information for host groups on the storage
system ports. Specify unique user information for each host group. You can change the specified
user information for host groups in the same way you initially specify it.
Procedure 29 To specify user information for a host group
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 whose user information you want to specify.
The currently registered user information of the selected port or host group appears in the
Authentication Information (Target) list.
4. Right-click any point in the Authentication Information (Target) list and select Specify
Authentication information.
5. In the Specify Authentication Information dialog box, specify the user information of the port
or host group selected in the Port tree.
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Port Name: The port name of the selected port appears. You cannot change the port
name.
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User Name: Specify the user name of the host group with up to 16 characters. You can
use specified alphanumeric characters. User names are case-sensitive.
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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 user name: . - + @ _ = : / [ ] , ~
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Re-enter Secret: Specify the secret, again, for confirmation.
6. Click OK to close the Specify Authentication Information dialog box. The specified user
information of the port appears in blue in the Authentication Information (Target) list of the
Authentication window.
7. Click Apply in the Authentication window. A message appears asking whether to apply the
settings to the storage system.
8. Click OK to close the message. The settings are applied to the storage system.
Clearing user information from a host group
You can clear user information from a host group.
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, expand the Fibre folder and select a port or host group whose user information
you want to clear.
The currently registered user information of the port or host group appears in the Authentication
Information (Target).
4. Right-click any point in the Authentication Information (Target) list and select Clear Authentication
information. The Clear Authentication Information dialog box opens asking whether to clear
the user information of the selected host group.
5. Click OK to close the Clear Authentication Information dialog box. The user information of
the selected host group disappears from the Authentication Information (Target) list.
6. Click Apply in the Authentication window. A message appears asking whether to apply the
setting to the storage system.
7. Click OK to close the message. The setting is applied to the storage system.
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