Chapter 9 Configuring Authentication

Configuration Tasks

Table 9-1 Authentication Services (continued)

Authentication

 

 

Service

Description

Authentication Types

 

 

 

Local or

Uses a local username database on the storage router

Login and iSCSI

Local-case

for authentication. Local-case indicates that the user

authentication only

 

name authentication is case-sensitive. Passwords

 

 

authentication is always case-sensitive.

 

 

 

 

Enable

Uses the Administrator mode password configured for

Enable and Login

 

the storage router.

authentication only

 

 

 

Monitor

Uses the Monitor mode password configured for the

Enable and Login

 

storage router.

authentication only

 

 

 

Configuration Tasks

To configure iSCSI, Enable or Login authentication and the associated authentication services on the storage router, perform the following steps:

Step 1 Configure the desired authentication services, such as RADIUS, TACACS+ and the local username database.

Step 2 (Optional) Create named groups of RADIUS and TACACS+ servers.

Step 3 Create authentication lists.

Step 4 (Optional) Test authentication using configured authentication services.

Step 5 (Optional) Configure the user name and password for SCSI routing instances that will participate in two-way authentication.

Step 6 Enable authentication for individual SCSI routing instances.

Step 7 Verify and save AAA and iSCSI authentication configuration.

Figure 9-1illustrates AAA configuration elements used for iSCSI authentication and Figure 9-2illustrates the example configuration of iSCSI authentication and the authentication services used in this chapter.

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