HP StorageWorks LUN Configuration and Security Manager XP user guide for the XP12000/XP10000/SVS200 (T1714-96008, June 2006)

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Specifying a host group’s user information (when performing mutual
authentication)
To perform mutual authentication, you must specify user information for host groups on array’s ports.
Specify unique user information for each host group. You can change the specified user information for
host groups the same way you specified them initially.
1. Start LUN Manager and display the Authentication pane (Figure 31).
2. In the Port tree, select the port or host group whose user information you want to specify. Currently
registered user information for the selected port or host group appears in the Authentication
Information (Target) list.
3. Right-click any point in the Authentication Information (Target) list, and select Specify Authentication
Information. The Specify Authentication Information pane appears.
Figure 66 Specify Authentication Information pane
Specify the following user information for the port or host group selected in the Port tree:
• Port Name: Selected port’s port name. You cannot change the port name.
• User Name: Host group’s user name, up to 16 characters. You can use specified alphanumeric
characters. User names are case-sensitive.
• 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.
4. Click OK. The specified user information for the port appears in blue in the Authentication Information
(Target) list.
5. Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
6. Click OK. Settings are applied to the array.
Clearing a host group’s user information (when performing mutual authentication)
1. Start LUN Manager, and display the Authentication pane (Figure 31).
2. In the Port tree, expand the Fibre folder, and select the port or host group whose user information you
want to clear. The currently registered user information for the port or host group appears in the
Authentication Information (Target) list.
3. Right-click any point in the Authentication Information (Target) list, and select Clear Authentication
information. The Clear Authentication Information pane appears.
4. Click OK. The selected host group’s user information disappears from the Authentication Information
(Target) list.
5. Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
6. Click OK. Settings are applied to the array.
Settings and connection results in authentication of hosts (Fibre Channel
environments)
During authentication of hosts, the connection result is determined based on the combination of the
following host group settings: