Specifications

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Configuring Authentication

This chapter explains how to configure the authentication portion of Cisco’s authentication,

authorization and accounting (AAA) services on the SN 5428-2 Storage Router and how to configure

Enable, Login and iSCSI authentication, which use AAA authentication services.

The following tasks are covered:

• Prerequisite Tasks, page 9-2

• Using Authentication, page 9-2

• Configuration Tasks, page 9-4

• Configuring AAA Authentication Services, page 9-11

• Creating Named Server Groups, page 9-14

• Creating AAA Authentication Lists, page 9-15

• Testing Authentication, page 9-17

• Configuring Two-Way Authentication, page 9-18

• Enabling iSCSI Authentication, page 9-19

• Verifying and Saving Configuration, page 9-19

The AAA authentication function is always enabled for the storage router; it cannot be disabled.

Authentication parameters can be configured using CLI commands, as described in this chapter, or via

the web-based GUI. To access the web-based GUI, point your browser to the storage router’s

management interface IP address. After logging on, click the Help link to access online help for the GUI.

Note The web-based GUI is not available for storage routers deployed for transparent SCSI routing.