Setting up authentication for discovery sessions for Windows hosts

You can set up authentication for discovery sessions for Microsoft Windows hosts at the same time that you are connecting to the system volumes. The CHAP authentication information is on the same Advanced Settings panel.

To set up one-way authentication for a Windows host, complete the following steps:

Tasks on the Windows host:

  1. After you install the initiator software, you can set up authentication for your Windows host. Go to the Control Panel.
  2. From the Control Panel, select the iSCSI Initiator option.
  3. From the iSCSI Initiator Properties panel, click the Discovery tab.
  4. After you click the Discovery tab, click Add under the Target Portals section to see the Add Target Portal dialog box.
    Note: For Windows Server 2012, select Discover Portal and then enter the IP address under IP address or DNS name.
  5. Click Advanced... to see the Advanced Settings panel.
  6. Select CHAP logon information.
    Note: For Windows Server 2012, select Enable CHAP logon.
  7. Type in a value for the User name. The user name must be the same value that you set with the chhost CLI command (iscsiusername field) for this host.
  8. Type in a value for the Target secret. The target secret must be a value of 12 characters and is the same value that you set with the chhost command on the system for this host.
  9. Click OK.

Tasks in the management GUI:

Note: For CLI directions, see the information about configuring system iSCSI authentication by using the CLI.

  1. Select Hosts > Hosts.
  2. Right-click the host to configure CHAP authentication and select Properties.
  3. On the Properties page, ensure that Show Details is selected and click Edit.
  4. In the iSCSI CHAP secret field, enter the CHAP secret that you use for the host.
  5. In the iSCSI user name field, enter the host user name that you use for the host.
  6. Click Save.
Parent topic: Authentication for Windows hosts