Chapter 9 Configuring Authentication

Configuring Two-Way Authentication

Login Authentication

Use the commands in the following procedure to test Login authentication.

 

Command

Description

Step 1

 

 

enable

Enter Administrator mode.

Step 2

 

 

aaa test authentication login

Test the user name and password configured for Monitor mode

 

default sysmonitor ciscomonitor

access to the storage router. AAA uses the services in the default

 

 

authentication list (Example 9-3).

 

 

 

Example 9-3 Testing Login Authentication

*[SN5428-2-MG1]# aaa test authentication login default sysmonitor ciscomonitor Sep 02 14:37:00:aaa:AS_NOTICE :Auth test request being queued

Sep 02 14:37:00:aaa:AS_NOTICE :Auth test request complete, status = pass

Configuring Two-Way Authentication

When iSCSI authentication is enabled, the SCSI routing instance must authenticate the IP host during the iSCSI TCP connection process. IP hosts that cannot be authenticated are not allowed access to the storage resources. IP hosts may also require authentication of the SCSI routing instance during the iSCSI TCP connection process. If the SCSI routing instance cannot be authenticated, the IP host terminates the connection.

Use the commands in the following procedure to configure a user name and password for a SCSI routing instance that must be authenticated by IP hosts.

 

 

 

Command

Description

 

Step 1

 

 

 

enable

Enter Administrator mode.

 

Step 2

 

 

 

scsirouter zeus username

Assign a user name to the SCSI routing instance. For example,

 

 

 

 

zeusabc

configure the user name zeusabc for the SCSI routing instance

 

 

 

 

 

named zeus.

 

Step 3

 

 

 

scsirouter zeus password

Assign a password to the SCSI routing instance. For example,

 

 

 

 

zeus123

configure the password zeus123 for the SCSI routing instance

 

 

 

 

 

named zeus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

The SCSI routing instance user name and password pair must also be configured within the

 

 

 

 

authentication database services used by the IP hosts for authentication purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SN 5428-2 specifications

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