Add new user information (host) pane – HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array User Manual
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3.
Right-click any point in the Authentication Information (Host) list, and select Add New User
Information. The Add New User Information (Host) pane appears.
Figure 63 Add New User Information (Host) pane
Specify the following user information for the host you want to allow to connect:
• Group Name: Host bus adapter's group name. Select one from the list. All group names of
host bus adapters connected to the selected port by the cable appear in the list.
• User Name: Host bus adapter's WWN, up to 16 characters. You can use alphanumeric
characters in a user name.
• Secret: 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:
. - + @ _ = : / [ ] , ~
• Re-enter Secret: Specify the secret, again, for confirmation.
• Protocol: Protocol used in the user authentication. This protocol is fixed to CHAP.
4.
Click OK. The specified host user information appears in blue in the Authentication Information
(Host) list.
5.
Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
6.
Click OK. Settings are applied to the array.
NOTE:
You should register user information for all 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.
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On the host:
It does not matter if you configure the host for authentication by ports with CHAP.
Changing a host's user information (Fibre Channel environments)
You can change the host's registered user name or secret, and switch authentication settings between
Enable and Disable after registration.
NOTE:
You cannot change the WWN when you change user information.
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Start LUN Manager, and display the Authentication pane (
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LUN Manager operations