About Mutual Authentication

The IPS module or MPS-14/2 module supports a mechanism by which the iSCSI initiator can authenticate the Cisco MDS switch's iSCSI target during the iSCSI loging phase. This authentication is available in addition to the IPS module or MPS-14/2 module authentication of the iSCSI initiator.

To configure a global iSCSI target user name and password to be used by the switch to authenticate itself to an initiator using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Choose End Devices > iSCSI in the Physical Attributes pane.
  2. Select the Globals tab.
  3. Fill in the Target UserName and Target Password fields.
  4. Click the Apply Changes icon to save these changes.

To configure a per-initiator iSCSI target's user name and password used by the switch to authenticate itself to an initiator using Device Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Choose IP > iSCSI.
  2. Complete the Target UserName and Target Password fields for the initiator that you want to configure.
  3. Click Create to add this initiator to the Initiator Access List.


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