Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide

Prepare for storage data clients authentication

Prepare the storage data clients for authentication.

1. Log in to the primary MDM: scli --login --username admin --management_system_ip <management_system_ip>
2. Authenticate with the PowerFlex cluster using the credentials provided.
3. Type scli --query_all_sdc and record all the connected SDCs (any of the identifier - NAME, GUID, ID, or IP address):
4. For each SDC in your list, use the identifier recorded to generate and record a CHAP password. Type scli --generate_sdc_password --sdc_id <id> or --sdc_ip <ip> or --sdc_name <name> or --sdc_guid <guid> --reason "CHAP setup".

   This password is specific to that SDC and cannot be reused for subsequent SDC entries.

   For example:

   scli --generate_sdc_password --sdc_IP 172.16.151.36 --reason "CHAP setup"

   Sample output:

   [root@svm1 ~]# scli --generate_sdc_password --sdc_ip 172.16.151.36 --reason “CHAP setup”
   Successfully generated SDC with IP 172.16.151.36 password:
   AQAAAAAAAAAAAAA8UKVYp0LHCDFD59BrnEXNPVKSlGfLrwAk