Setting Fibre Channel port authentication

You can perform user authentication in a Fibre Channel environment by specifying authentication information on the Fibre Channel ports of the storage system.

Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary windows must be defined for use in advance. When you select Modify from the Authentication secondary window to set port information, other users or programs are prevented from changing storage system settings. When you close the secondary window, Modify mode is released. For more information on Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary windows and Modify mode, see the System Administrator Guide.

1. Perform one of the following to display the Authentication window.

For Command Suite:

1. On the Resource tab, expand the Storage Systems tree. Right-click the target storage system, then select Other Function.

2. Click Actions > Ports/Host Groups to open the Authentication window.

For Storage Navigator:

• Click Actions > Ports/Host Groups > Fibre then > Authentication to open the Authentication window.

2. In the Authentication window, click to change to Modify mode.

3. 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. Information about the port appears in the Port Information list of the Authentication window.

4. Right-click any point in the Port Information list and select Set Port Information.

5. In the Set Port Information dialog box, specify the port information.

• Time out: Specify the period of time from when authentication fails to when the next authentication session is ended. This period of time is between 15 to 60 seconds. The initial value of the Time out is 45 seconds.

• Refusal Interval: Specify the interval from when connection to a port fails to when the next authentication session starts, with up to 60 minutes. The initial value of the Refusal Interval is 3 minutes.

• Refusal Frequency: Specify the number of times of authentication allowable for connection to a port with up to 10 times. The initial value of the Refusal Frequency is 3 times.

6. Click OK to close the Set Port Information dialog box.

7. Click Apply in the Authentication window. A message appears asking whether to apply the settings to the storage system.

8. Click OK to close a message. The settings are applied to the storage system.