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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1      Configuring FC-SP and DHCHAP
Default Settings
Step 7 Display the DHCHAP configuration in the Fibre Channel interface,
switch# show fcsp interface fc2/4
fc2/4
fcsp authentication mode:SEC_MODE_ON
Status:Successfully authenticated
Step 8 Repeat these steps on the connecting MDS 9509 switch.
MDS-9509# show wwn switch
Switch WWN is 20:00:00:05:30:00:38:5e
MDS-9509(config)# fcsp enable
MDS-9509(config)# fcsp dhchap password rtp9509
MDS-9509(config)# fcsp dhchap devicename 20:00:00:05:30:00:54:de password rtp9216
MDS-9509(config)# interface fc 4/5
MDS-9509(config-if)# fcsp on
MDS-9509# show fcsp dhchap database
DHCHAP Local Password:
Non-device specific password:*******
Other Devices' Passwords:
Password for device with WWN:20:00:00:05:30:00:54:de is *******
MDS-9509# show fcsp interface fc2/4
Fc2/4
fcsp authentication mode:SEC_MODE_ON
Status:Successfully authenticated
You have now enabled and configured DHCHAP authentication for the sample setup in Figure 1-2.
Default Settings
Table 1-2 lists the default settings for all fabric security features in any switch.
Table 1-2 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