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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 45 Configuring FC-SP and DHCHAP
Default Settings
Step 4 Click the Apply Changes icon to save the updated information.
Configuring DHCHAP AAA Authentication
You can individually set authentication options. If authentication is not configured, local authentication
is used by default.
To configure the AAA authenticationrefer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide,
Enabling FC-SP on ISLs
There is an ISL pop-up menu in Fabric Manager called Enable FC-SP that enables FC-SP on switches
at either end of the ISL. You are prompted for an FC-SP generic password, then asked to set FC-SP
interface mode to ON for affected ports. Right-click an ISL and click Enable FC-SP to access this
feature.
Default Settings
Table 45-2 lists the default settings for all fabric security features in any switch.
Ta b l e 45-2 Default Fabric Security Settings
Parameters Default
DHCHAP feature Disabled.
DHCHAP hash algorithm A priority list of MD5 followed by SHA-1 for DHCHAP
authentication.
DHCHAP authentication mode Auto-passive.
DHCHAP group default priority
exchange order
0, 4, 1, 2, and 3 respectively.
DHCHAP timeout value 30 seconds.