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'''DISCOVERY CHAP Users authentication''' allows You to add restrictions for the users that will discover the targets.
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;">'''DISCOVERY CHAP Users authentication''' allows You to add restrictions <font face="Arial">for initiators that discovers the iSCSI targets.</font></span></span>


CHAP Log on information helps ensure connection security by providing authentication between a target and an initiator.
<span style="font-size:small;">CHAP ('''Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol'''<span style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">)&nbsp;</span>Log on information helps ensure connection security by providing the authentication.</span>


To use, specify the name and CHAP target secret - set this log on also on the initiator side for the Discovery portal option.
<span style="font-size:small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Without using the proper CHAP credentials, the initiators cannot discover the iSCSI targets. The initiator must be able to discover the volume first before it can connect to the volume.</span>


To save the settings, press the&nbsp;'''APPLY&nbsp;'''button.
<span style="font-size:small;">To use, specify the username and CHAP target secret (password). These credentials need to be set also on the initiator side for the Discovery portal option.</span>
<div><span style="font-size: small;">To save the settings, press the&nbsp;</span>'''APPLY&nbsp;'''<span style="font-size: small;">button.</span></div>
<span style="font-size:small;">'''NOTE&nbsp;:&nbsp;'''</span>


'''NOTE&nbsp;:&nbsp;'''
<span style="font-size:small;">If users forget their password, there is no way to retrieve it. You can only set a new password.</span>
 
<span style="font-size: small;">If users forget their password, there is no way to retrieve it. You can only set a new password.</span>


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Revision as of 19:34, 18 September 2014

DISCOVERY CHAP Users authentication allows You to add restrictions for initiators that discovers the iSCSI targets.

CHAP (Challenge-Handshake Authentication ProtocolLog on information helps ensure connection security by providing the authentication.

Without using the proper CHAP credentials, the initiators cannot discover the iSCSI targets. The initiator must be able to discover the volume first before it can connect to the volume.

To use, specify the username and CHAP target secret (password). These credentials need to be set also on the initiator side for the Discovery portal option.

To save the settings, press the APPLY button.

NOTE : 

If users forget their password, there is no way to retrieve it. You can only set a new password.