Enabling or disabling host authentication on a host group
You can specify whether to authenticate hosts on each host group. Change the user authentication settings of host groups to enable or disable authentication of hosts. By default, user authentication is disabled.
Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary windows must be defined for use in advance. When you select Modify from the Authentication secondary window to enable or disable host authentication, other users or programs are prevented from changing storage system settings. When you close the secondary window, Modify mode is released. For more information about Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary windows and Modify mode, see the System Administrator Guide.
Procedure
On the menu bar, select Actions > Port/Host Group > Fibre > Authentication.
In the Authentication window, click
to change to
Modify mode.
In the Port tree, double-click the Storage System folder.
If the storage system contains any Fibre Channel boards, the Fibre folder appears below the Storage System folder.Double-click the Fibre folder and Fibre Channel port icon under the Fibre folder.
When you double-click the Fibre folder, the Fibre Channel ports contained in the storage system appear as icons. If you double-click the fibre channel ports, host groups appear as icons. On the right of each icon appears the host group name.
indicates the host group authenticates hosts. This is the default.
indicates the host group does not authenticate hosts.
Right-click a host group that appears with
and select
. The host group icon
changes to
, and the port name appears in blue.
Click Apply in the Authentication window. A message appears asking whether to apply the settings to the storage system.
Click OK to close the message. The settings are applied to the storage system.
To return the host group setting to, perform the same operation, except select the
menu in step 4.