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Chapter 12 Command Line Interface Reference
scsirouter password
scsirouter password
To assign a password to a SCSI routing instance for iSCSI authentication purposes, use the
scsirouter password command.
scsirouter name password {password-string |none}
Syntax Description
Defaults None.
Command Modes Administrator
Command History
Usage Guidelines Use this command to assign a password to the SCSI routing instance for two-way iSCSI authentication.
Two-way iSCSI authentication allows authentication of the IP host and also allows the IP host, acting as
an iSCSI initiator, to require authentication of the SCSI routing instance, acting as an iSCSI target. The
user name and password assigned to the SCSI routing instance are used by the IP host for iSCSI
authentication purposes.
iSCSI authentication must be enabled for the named SCSI routing instance. If iSCSI authentication is
not enabled, the user name and password assigned to the SCSI routing instance will not be used.
The following rules apply to passwords:
• Passwords are entered in clear text. However, they are changed to “XXXXX” in the CLI command
history cache, and are stored in the local username database in an encrypted format.
• If the password contains embedded spaces, enclose it with single or double quotes.
• After initial entry, passwords display in their encrypted format. Use the show scsirouter command
to display the SCSI routing instance authentication information. The following is an example
display:
SCSI Router Authentication Information
Router Authentication Username Password
---------- --------------- -------------- --------
zeus web1 zeus_lab1 9 ea9bb0c57ca4806d3555f3f78a4204177a
name The name of the SCSI routing instance.
password-string The password associated with the named SCSI routing instance. If the
password is encrypted (starts with “9”), enter a maximum of 170 characters.
If the password is unencrypted (starts with “0”), enter a maximum of 66
characters. If the password is entered as an unencrypted text string, enter a
maximum of 64 characters.
none Keyword, removing any existing iSCSI password assigned to the named
SCSI routing instance.
Release Modification
3.2.1 This command was introduced.