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For more information about authentication of hosts, see ”Authentication of Fibre Channel switches” on

page 47.

Specifying a Fibre Channel port’s information

To perform user authentication in Fibre Channel environments, you must specify information for the Fibre

Channel ports of the array.

1. Start LUN Manager, and display the Authentication pane (Figure 30).

2. In the Port tree, double-click the Subsystem folder. If the array contains Fibre Channel adapters, the

Fibre folder appears below the Subsystem folder. The port’s information appears in the Port

Information list.

3. Right-click any point in the Port Information list, and select Port Information. The Set Port Information

pane appears.

Figure 67 Set Port Information pane

Specify the following port information:

• Time out: Time period starting when authentication fails and ending when the next authentication

session ends. This time period is between 15 to 60 seconds. The initial value is 45 seconds.

• Refusal Interval: Interval beginning when the connection to a port fails and ending when the next

authentication session starts, up to 60 minutes. The initial value is 3 minutes.

• Refusal Frequency: Number of times authentication for connection to a port is allowed, up to 10

times. The initial value is 3 times.

4. Click OK.

5. Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.

6. Click OK. Settings are applied to the array.

Registering a Fibre Channel port’s user information

1. Start LUN Manager, and display the Authentication pane (Figure 30).

2. In the Port tree, double-click the Subsystem folder. If the array contains Fibre Channel adapters, the

Fibre folder appears below the Subsystem folder.

3. In the Port tree, double-click the Fibre folder. Information about the port appears in the tree.