Dell PowerVault MD3800i User Manual

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5. Set a user name and password for a discovery session CHAP authentication of the initiator by the

target(s) by editing the following lines: discovery.sendtargets.auth.username =
<iscsi_initiator_username> discovery.sendtargets.auth.password =
<CHAP_initiator_password>.

6. To set the user name and password for discovery session CHAP authentication of the target(s) by the

initiator for Mutual CHAP, edit the following lines: discovery.sendtargets.auth.username =
<iscsi_target_username> discovery.sendtargets.auth.password_in =
<CHAP_target_password>.

7. The final configuration contained in the /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file might look like this:

node.session.auth.authmethod = CHAP node.session.auth.username = iqn.2005-
03.com.redhat01.78b1b8cad821 node.session.auth.password = password_1
node.session.auth.username_in= iqn.1984- 05.com.dell:powervault.123456
node.session.auth.password_in = test1234567890
discovery.sendtargets.auth.authmethod = CHAP
discovery.sendtargets.auth.username = iqn.2005- 03.com.redhat01.78b1b8cad821
discovery.sendtargets.auth.password = password_1
discovery.sendtargets.auth.username = iqn.1984- 05.com.dell:powervault.
123456 discovery.sendtargets.auth.password_in = test1234567890.

Configure CHAP Authentication On The Host Server Using SUSE Linux

Enterprise Server GUI

1.

Click Start → YaST → iSCSI Initiator.

2. Click Service Start, then select When Booting.
3. Select Discovered Targets, then select Discovery.
4. Enter the IP address of the port.
5. Click Next.
6. Select any target that is not logged in and click Log in.
7. Select one:

– If you are not using CHAP authentication, select No Authentication. Go to step 8. Or
– If you are using CHAP authentication, enter the CHAP user name and password. To enable Mutual

CHAP, select and enter the Mutual CHAP user name and password.

8. Repeat step 7 for each target until at least one connection is logged in for each controller.
9. Go to Connected Targets.
10. Verify that the targets are connected and displays a status of true.

Connect To The Target Storage Array From the Host

Server Using Windows Server GUI

1.

Click Start → All Programs → Administrative Tools → iSCI Initiator.

2. Click the Targets tab.

If previous target discovery was successful, the iqn of the storage array should be displayed under
Targets.

3. Click Log On.
4. Select Automatically restore this connection when the system boots.
5. Select Enable multi-path.

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