HP StorageWorks 1510i Modular Smart Array installation and user guide (383070-002, July 2008)

ESX Server supports the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) that your iSCSI initiators

can use for authentication purposes. After your initiator establishes the initial connection with the target,

CHAP veriﬁes the identity of the initiator and checks a CHAP secret that your initiator and the target

share. This can be repeated periodically during the iSCSI session.

When conﬁguring iSCSI initiators for your ESX Server system, make sure that CHAP is enabled.

Enabling iSCS

Isoftwareinitiators

Enable your iS

CSI software initiator, so that ESX Server can use it.

1. Open the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box.

2. Click Conﬁgure.

The General Properties dialog box opens, displaying the initiator’s status, default name, and

alias.

3. Select the Enabled check box.

4. To change the default iSCSI name for your initiator, enter the new name.

NOTE:

Thenamemustbeproperlyformatted;otherwise,somestoragedevicesmightnotrecognizethe

iSCSI hardware initiator. For more information, see “Naming requirements”onpage70.

5. Enter the iSCSI alias or change the existing one.

The alias is a friendly name that you use to identify the iSCSI hardware initiator.

6. Click OK to save your changes.

Setting up discovery addresses for software initiators

Target discovery addresses need to be set up so that the software initiator can determine which storage

resource on the network is available for access.

NOTE:

For more information, see “Discovery methods”onpage70.

To set

up target discovery addresses for the software initiator:

1. Open the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box.

2. Click the Dynamic Discovery tab.

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