User information (port) table, Buttons, Registering user information of hosts on a port – HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual
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The table contains the following columns:
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iSCSI Name: Displays iSCSI names of host bus adapters.
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Protocol: Indicates the user authentication protocol. This is always CHAP.
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User: Indicates user names of hosts. When no user name is defined, this column is blank.
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Authentication: Indicates whether to perform authentication for the host. If the host is a target of user
authentication, Enable appears. If the host is not a target of user authentication, Disable appears.
User Information (Port) table
The User Information (Port) table, on the bottom right of the User Authentication tab, displays user
information of the port selected in the tree.
The table contains the following columns:
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iSCSI Name: Displays the iSCSI name of the port.
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User: Indicates the user name of the port. When the user name is not defined for a port, this column is
left blank. If you use upgraded LUN Manager and the port performed host authentication before
upgrading, Administrator appears as the default.
Buttons
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Apply: Applies settings in the pane to the disk array.
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Cancel: Cancels settings in the pane.
Specifying whether to enable or disable host authentication on a port
You can specify whether to perform host authentication on each port. By default, user authentication is
disabled.
1.
In the Port tree on the User Authentication tab, double-click the Subsystem folder.
If the disk array contains any iSCSI channel adapters, the iSCSI folder appears below the Subsystem
folder.
2.
Double-click the iSCSI folder.
3.
Right-click an iSCSI port that is displayed with (Authentication:OFF).
4.
Select Authentication: OFF -> ON.
The (Authentication:OFF) displayed on the right of the port name changes to (Authentication:ON), and
the port name and (Authentication:ON) are displayed in blue.
5.
Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
6.
Click OK. The setting is applied to the disk array.
NOTE:
To disable authentication on a port (return the port setting to (Authentication:OFF), perform the
same operation, but select Authentication: ON -> OFF in
.
Registering user information of hosts on a port
On iSCSI ports that authenticate hosts, you must register user information for all the hosts that you allow to
connect.
1.
In the Port tree, select a port for which you want to register user information of a host. The user
information of hosts currently registered on the selected port appears in the User Information (Host)
table to the right of the Port tree.
NOTE:
You can register user information of a host even if the port status is (Authentication:OFF). In
this case, however, the registered user information of the host is ignored.
2.
Do one of the following:
a. In the Port tree, right-click a port on which you want to register user information of a host.