Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

iSCSI (Internet SCSI) Commandsconnection -setsharedauth (CX series only)Sets username and secret for the storage system’s sharedcredentials recordDescriptionSyntaxPrerequisitesOptionsThe naviseccli connection command with the -setsharedauthfunction sets a username and secret for the iSCSI intiator storagesystem’s shared credentials record of the connection set database. Thecommand lets you enable or disable the use of the storage system’sshared authentication credentials.connection -setsharedauth is used with naviseccli (described onpage 37) as follows:connection -setsharedauth [-userName userName] [-secret secret[-hexsecret]] [-enable | -disable] [-o]You must have a user account on the storage system on which youwant to execute the command.-userName userNameSpecifies the CHAP username used by the initiator whenchallenged by the target storage system. For CHAP, a usernameand secret must be defined.-secret secretSpecifies the CHAP secret to be used with the username whenchallenged by the target storage system. You can specify thesecret in ASCII or hexadecimal characters (see the -hexsecretswitch that follows). By default, -secret is an ASCII string. ASCIIsecrets must consist of at least 12 and no more than 16 characters.Hexadecimal secrets must consist of at least 12 and no more than16 pairs of data (24 to 32 characters).-hexsecretIf initiator user account data is being added, including the-hexsecret parameter specifies that -secret is a hexadecimal value.-enable | -disableEnables or disables the use of the storage system’s sharedcredentials.387