Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002152-01, March 2012)

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Authentication policy configuration
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NOTE
You can change the consistency behaviors of SCC, DCC, or FCS policy only for a primary switch.
5. Click Apply.
6. Click Yes to accept the changes.
NOTE
If the switch is not a primary switch, an error message dialog box displays.
7. Cl ick No to discard the changes and click Refresh in the FWCP Configuration window to
manually refresh the window.
8. Click Close.
Authentication policy configuration
You can configure an authentication protocol policy for E_Port and F_Port authentication, and then
distribute the authentication policy to other switches in the fabric. You can also set shared secret
keys.
Configuring authentication policies for E_Ports
To configure authentication policies for E_Ports, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration
window” on page 33.
2. Select the Security Policies tab.
3. Select Authentication on the Security Policies menu.
4. In the Authentication Type field, select FCAP or DHCHAP.
5. Select the switch authentication policy mode:
:
6. Select a DH-Group type.
7. Optional: Set the device authentication policy mode to either off or passive and click Apply.
On Strict authentication is enforced on all E_Ports.
Active The switches can be connected to a switch with any
type of policy.
Passive The switch does not initiate authentication but
participates if the connecting switch initiates
authentication.
Hash A hash function (like SHA or MD5) is used for
authentication.
Off The switch does not support authentication. Any
authentication negotiation is rejected.