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The secret that the recipient uses to authenticate the originator. The secret is case sensitive and can
include 12–16 bytes. The value can include spaces and printable UTF-8 characters except: " <
mutual-name recipient-name
Optional; for mutual CHAP only. The recipient name, typically in IQN format. The name is case
sensitive and can have a maximum of 223 bytes, including 0–9, lowercase a–z, hyphen, colon, and
period. To determine a storage system's IQN, use the show ports command to view the Target ID
value for an iSCSI port. This parameter and mutual-secret must be set together.
mutual-secret recipient-secret
Optional; for mutual CHAP only. The secret that the originator uses to authenticate the recipient.
The secret is case sensitive, can include 12–16 bytes, and must differ from the originator secret. The
value can include spaces and printable UTF-8 characters except: " <
A storage system's secret is shared by both controllers. This parameter and mutual-name must be
set together.
Examples Create a one-way CHAP record to enable a storage system to authenticate a host initiator.
# create chap-record name iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:myhost.domain secret
123456abcDEF
See also
delete chap-records
set chap-record
show chap-records
show iscsi-parameters
show ports
create host
Description
Creates a host with an associated name.
You can use the create host command to create a host that groups together specified initiators,
and optionally to add the host to a host group. You can create a maximum of 512 hosts, each
containing a maximum of 128 initiators.
To create a single initiator, use the set initiator command.
Minimum role manage
Syntax
create host
[host-group host-group] [initiators initiators]
[profile standard]
name
Parameters
host-group host-group
Optional. The name of an existing host group to which to add the new host.
initiators initiators
A comma-separated list of initiator names, IDs, or both, with no spaces
For FC, the ID is a WWPN. For SAS, the ID is a WWPN. For iSCSI, the ID is an IQN. A WWPN can
include a colon between each byte but the colons will be discarded.
profile standard
Optional. Default profile.
name
A name for the host. Input rules:
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