Step 6: Configure Chap Authentication On The Host Server (Optional) - Dell PowerVault MD3200 Deployment Manual

Step 6: Configure CHAP Authentication on the
Host Server (Optional)
If you configured CHAP authentication in "Step 5: Configure CHAP
Authentication on the Storage Array (Optional)" on page 63, complete the
following steps. If not, skip to "Step 7: Connect to the Target Storage Array
From the Host Server" on page 69.
Select the set of steps in one of the following sections (Windows or Linux)
that corresponds to your operating system.
If you are using Windows Server 2008 GUI version:
1 Click Start Programs Microsoft iSCSI Initiator or click Start All
Programs Administrative Tools iSCSI Initiator.
2 If you are not using mutual CHAP authentication, go to step 4.
3 If you are using mutual CHAP authentication, click the General tab and
select Secret. At Enter a secure secret, enter the mutual CHAP secret you
entered for the storage array
4 Click the Discovery tab.
5 Under Target Portals, select the IP address of the iSCSI port on the storage
array and click Remove.
The iSCSI port you configured on the storage array during target
discovery disappears.
6 Under Target Portals, click Add and re-enter the IP address or DNS name
of the iSCSI port on the storage array (removed above).
7 Click Advanced and set the following values on the General tab:
• Local Adapter—Should always be set to Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.
• Source IP—The source IP address of the host you want to connect
with.
• Data Digest and Header Digest—Optionally, you can specify that a
digest of data or header information be compiled during transmission
to assist in troubleshooting.
• CHAP logon information—Enter the target CHAP authentication
user name and secret you entered (for the host server) on the
storage array.
Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI
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