HP XP24000/XP20000 LUN Manager User Guide (T5214-96092, November 2011)

Figure 28 Flow of Authentication of Hosts (In a Fibre Channel environment)
Each case in the flow is explained as follows. Case A to Case D in (page 43) corresponds that
below.
When performing authentication of host groups
If the user information for the host is registered on the host group, and authentication of
the host is enabled (Case A):
The host group authenticates the user information sent from the host. If the authentication
of the host successes, either of the following actions occur:
When the host is configured for mutual authentication, the processing will go on to
authentication of the host group, next.
When the host is not configured for mutual authentication, the host will connect to
the storage system.
Setting Fibre Channel Authentication 43