When you choose to use authentication, you are required to provide a CHAP secret. If you are using , you must have the CHAP secret for the and define a CHAP secret for the .
The initiator CHAP secret is set on the . If you are using the mutual authentication method, you must define the initiator CHAP secret when you define access for the host on the storage subsystem.
If you are using CHAP secret authentication, you must define the CHAP secret for the target.
The CHAP secret must be between 12 characters and 57 characters. The CHAP secret must use ASCII code characters with a decimal value between 32 and 126. The characters in this table are valid.
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