Configuring cluster iSCSI authentication

Use the Configuring Cluster iSCSI Authentication panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console to configure Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) to authenticate the SAN Volume Controller cluster to the iSCSI-attached hosts. With CHAP authentication a secret passphrase is shared between the iSCSI-attached hosts and SAN Volume Controller cluster. After you configure SAN Volume Controller cluster to use CHAP authentication, you must update the SAN Volume Controller configuration of each iSCSI-attached host to specify the CHAP secret it uses to authenticate with SAN Volume Controller cluster.

Attributes

The following attribute is displayed:

CHAP Secret
Displays the shared secret that is used to authenticate the SAN Volume Controller cluster to the iSCSI-attached hosts. If there is no value set, the value ( - ) is displayed.

Fields

The following fields can be updated:

CHAP Authentication Secret
Enter the shared secret that is used to authenticate the SAN Volume Controller cluster to the iSCSI-attached hosts.
Remove CHAP Authentication Secret
Select this to remove the shared secret that is used to authenticate the SAN Volume Controller cluster to the iSCSI-attached hosts.

Actions

The following actions are available:

OK
Click this button to configure the shared secret for authenticating the SAN Volume Controller cluster to the iSCSI-attached hosts.
Cancel
Click this button to exit this panel without configuring cluster iSCSI authentication.
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