Maintenance of access for security enablement in a storage device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRoger G. Hathorn, Patricia G. Driever, John Flanagan, Christopher J. Colonna, Evan Rivera
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Abstract
A storage port receives a login request. The storage port configures an audit mode indicator as enabled in a login response to a host port to enter a security enabled mode to indicate to the host port that Input/Output (I/O) operations are to be transmitted from the host port to the storage port even if authentication or security association negotiation with the storage port cannot be completed successfully.
Claims25
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a storage port, a login request;
- and
- configuring, by the storage port, an audit mode indicator as enabled in a login response to a host port to enter a security enabled mode and indicate to the host port that Input/Output (I/O) operations are to be transmitted from the host port to the storage port even if authentication or security association negotiation with the storage port cannot be completed successfully.
A system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor performs operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, by a storage port, a login request;
- and
- configuring, by the storage port, an audit mode indicator as enabled in a login response to a host port to enter a security enabled mode and indicate to the host port that Input/Output (I/O) operations are to be transmitted from the host port to the storage port even if authentication or security association negotiation with the storage port cannot be completed successfully.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, by a storage port, a login request;
- and
- configuring, by the storage port, an audit mode indicator as enabled in a login response to a host port to enter a security enabled mode and indicate to the host port that Input/Output (I/O) operations are to be transmitted from the host port to the storage port even if authentication or security association negotiation with the storage port cannot be completed successfully.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.