Associate Hosts Dialog

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Enables the Oracle FS System to recognize Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI SAN hosts that do not have Oracle FS Path Manager installed.

Host Name: Identifies the SAN host that accesses LUNs or Clone LUNs configured on the Oracle FS System.

Create Association

Specifies the name of the SAN initiator that is used for the SAN host association.

Valid options:

Specify WWN: Specifies the Fibre Channel port world-wide name (WWN) that the Oracle FS System has not discovered.
Select iSCSI device name: Specifies the iSCSI initiator name that the Oracle FS System has not discovered.
Select from discovered WWNs: Specifies the list Fibre Channel port WWNs that the Oracle FS System discovered on the network.
Select from discovered iSCSI Names: Specifies the list of iSCSI initiator names that the Oracle FS System discovered on the network.

Enable Authentication: Indicates whether the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) protocol for iSCSI sessions between the SAN host and the Oracle FS System is enabled.
Note: Depending on the global settings, the CHAP name property and the CHAP secret property might not be required. Those properties are not required, for example, when authentication is performed through a RADIUS server.
CHAP Name: Identifies the name of the iSCSI initiator that is to be used during authentication.
CHAP Secret: Identifies the encrypted CHAP authentication password (secret) to be used in the exchange of user names and secrets between two devices. Both devices must support Point‑to‑Point (PPP) authentication.
Note: The Oracle FS System supports up to 100 UTF‑8 non‑integer characters. However, when connecting to Windows servers, you must limit the secret to a value from 12 to 16 characters in length.
Retype CHAP Secret: Confirms the encrypted CHAP authentication password.
Grant Access to Oracle FS: Specifies whether the Oracle FS System must reject iSCSI login attempts from initiators that have not explicitly been granted permission by the user through the Oracle FS System Manager interface or through the Oracle FS System Command Line Interface (CLI).

Type: Identifies the type of initiator that is associated with the SAN host entry.
HBA Alias: Identifies an alternative friendly name that is assigned to the host port.
Device / HBA Port Name: Identifies the name of the device or initiator that is associated with the SAN host entry.