Kerberos Authentication for Storage Systems

This section lists requirements, limitations and peculiarities in work of storage systems that use Kerberos authentication.

General Requirements and Limitations

For management connection:

  • Kerberos authentication is supported for the following storage systems: Dell Unity XT/Unity, Dell VNX block storage, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Primera, HPE Alletra 9000, HPE Nimble, HPE Alletra 6000, HPE Alletra 5000, Pure Storage FlashArray, INFINIDAT InfiniBox F Series, Dell SC Series, Dell PowerStore, Dell PowerMax, Hitachi VSP, HPE XP, NetApp ONTAP, Lenovo DM Series, NetApp Element, Tintri IntelliFlash.
  • Storage systems that use SSH are not supported.

User Name Formats

When adding storage systems that use Kerberos, specify user names in the following formats:

  • Dell PowerStore: domain\username, username@domain
  • Dell SC Series: username, domain\username, username@domain
  • Dell VNX block storage: username
  • Hitachi VSP: username
  • HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Primera, HPE Alletra 9000: username
  • HPE Nimble, HPE Alletra 6000, HPE Alletra 5000: username, domain\username, username@domain
  • HPE XP: username
  • INFINIDAT InfiniBox F Series: username
  • NetApp Element: username
  • Pure Storage FlashArray: username