UPDATING LOGIN CREDENTIALS OF AN iSCSI CLIENT IN A STORAGE AREA NETWORK

A system comprising:

• a notification engine to send a target notification to an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) target device in a storage area network, the target notification including an instruction for the iSCSI target device to update a target-side record of login credentials for an iSCSI client, in response to generation of updated login credentials on the system;
• a response engine to receive a first target response message to the target notification from the iSCSI target device;
• a credentials engine to provide, in response to the first target response message, the updated login credentials for the iSCSI client to the iSCSI target device;
• the response engine to receive a second target response message from the iSCSI target device indicating that the target-side record of the login credentials for the iSCSI client has been updated;
• the notification engine to send, in response to the second target response message, a client notification to the iSCSI client, the client-side notification including an instruction for the iSCSI client to update a client-side record of its login credentials;
• the response engine to receive a first client response message to the client notification from the iSCSI client;
• the credentials engine to provide, in response to the first client response message, the updated login credentials to the iSCSI client;
• and
• the response engine to receive a second client response message from the iSCSI client indicating that the client-side record of its login credentials have been updated.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, the instructions executable by a processor to:

• send, by an Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) server, a target notification to an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) target device in a storage area network, the target notification including an instruction for the iSCSI target device to update a target-side record of login credentials for an iSCSI client;
• receive, by the iSNS server, a first target response message to the target notification from the iSCSI target device;
• in response to the first target response message, provide, by the iSNS server, updated login credentials for the iSCSI client to the iSCSI target device;
• receive, by the iSNS server, a second target response message from the iSCSI target device indicating that the target-side record of the login credentials for the iSCSI client has been updated;
• in response to the second target response message, send, by the iSNS server, a client notification to the iSCSI client, the client notification including an instruction for the iSCSI client to update a client-side record of its login credentials;
• receive, by the iSNS server, a first client response message to the client notification from the iSCSI client;
• in response to the first client response message, provide, by the iSNS server, the updated login credentials to the iSCSI client;
• and
• receive, by the iSNS server, a second client response message from the iSCSI client indicating that the client-side record of its login credentials have been updated.