Setting up authentication for normal sessions for Windows hosts

You can set up authentication for normal sessions for Microsoft Windows hosts at the same time that you are connecting to a target or volume. 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. Go to the Control Panel.
  2. From the Control Panel, select the iSCSI Initiator option.
  3. From the iSCSI Initiator Properties panel, click the Targets tab.
  4. After you click the Targets tab, click Log On... under the Targets section to see the Log On to Target panel.
    Note: For Windows Server 2012, highlight your target, select Connect, and then select Advanced from the pop-up screen.
  5. Click Advanced... to see the Advanced Settings panel.
  6. Select CHAP logon information.
  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 can be a value up to 12 characters. This value 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 username field, enter the host user name that you use for the host.
  6. Click Save.
Parent topic: Authentication for Windows hosts