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ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS structure (iscsidsc.h)

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The ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS structure is used by initiators to specify the characteristics of a login session.

Syntax

typedef struct {
  ULONG                              Version;
  ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_INFO_SPECIFIED InformationSpecified;
  ISCSI_LOGIN_FLAGS                  LoginFlags;
  ISCSI_AUTH_TYPES                   AuthType;
  ISCSI_DIGEST_TYPES                 HeaderDigest;
  ISCSI_DIGEST_TYPES                 DataDigest;
  ULONG                              MaximumConnections;
  ULONG                              DefaultTime2Wait;
  ULONG                              DefaultTime2Retain;
  ULONG                              UsernameLength;
  ULONG                              PasswordLength;
  PUCHAR                             Username;
  PUCHAR                             Password;
} ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS, *PISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS;

Members

Version

The version of login option definitions that define the data in the structure. This member must be set to ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_VERSION 0.

InformationSpecified

A bitmap that indicates which parts of the ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS structure contain valid data.

Bit Meaning
ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_USERNAME
 Specifies a user name to use in making a login connection.
ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_PASSWORD
 Specifies a password to use in making a login connection.
ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_HEADER_DIGEST
 Specifies the type of digest in use for guaranteeing the integrity of header data.
ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_DATA_DIGEST
 Specifies the type of digest in use for guaranteeing the integrity of header data.
ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_MAXIMUM_CONNECTIONS
 Specifies the maximum number of connections to target devices associated with the login session.
ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_DEFAULT_TIME_2_WAIT
 Specifies the minimum time to wait, in seconds, before attempting to reconnect or reassign a connection that was dropped.
ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_DEFAULT_TIME_2_RETAIN
 Specifies the maximum time allowed to reassign commands after the initial wait indicated in DefaultTime2Wait.
ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS_AUTH_TYPE
 Specifies the type of authentication that establishes the login session.

LoginFlags

A bitwise OR of login flags that define certain characteristics of the login session. The following table indicates the values that can be assigned to this member:

Flag Meaning
ISCSI_LOGIN_FLAG_RESERVED1
 Reserved for internal use.
ISCSI_LOGIN_FLAG_ALLOW_PORTAL_HOPPING
 The RADIUS server is permitted to use the portal hopping function for a target if configured to do so.
ISCSI_LOGIN_FLAG_REQUIRE_IPSEC
 The login session must use the IPsec protocol.
ISCSI_LOGIN_FLAG_MULTIPATH_ENABLED
 Multipathing is allowed. When specified the iSCSI Initiator service will allow multiple sessions to the same target. If there are multiple sessions to the same target then there must be some sort of multipathing software installed otherwise data corruption will occur on the target.

AuthType

An enumerator value of type ISCSI_AUTH_TYPES that indicates the authentication type.

HeaderDigest

An enumerator value of type ISCSI_DIGEST_TYPES that indicates the type of digest for guaranteeing the integrity of header data.

DataDigest

An enumerator value of type ISCSI_DIGEST_TYPES that indicates the type of digest for guaranteeing the integrity of non-header data.

MaximumConnections

A value between 1 and 65535 that specifies the maximum number of connections to the target device that can be associated with the login session.

DefaultTime2Wait

The minimum time to wait, in seconds, before attempting to reconnect or reassign a connection that has been dropped.

DefaultTime2Retain

The maximum time allowed to reassign a connection after the initial wait indicated in DefaultTime2Wait has elapsed.

UsernameLength

The length, in bytes, of the user name specified in the Username member.

PasswordLength

The length, in bytes, of the user name specified in the Password member.

Username

The user name to authenticate to establish the login session. This value is not necessarily a string. For more information, see the Remarks section in this document.

Password

The user name to authenticate to establish the login session. This value is not necessarily a string. For more information, see the Remarks section in this document.

Remarks

Initiators use the ISCSI_LOGIN_OPTIONS structure when creating a login session with the LoginIScsiTarget routine.

The Username and Password members are either strings or binary values that are used for iSCSI authentication. The exact meaning and function of these two values depends on the type of authentication used. For the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP), the value in the Username member is the CHAP name, and the value in the Password member is the shared secret of the target. If there is no value specified in Username, the initiator node name is used as the CHAP name.

If the authentication protocol requires that these two values be strings, they must be ANSI strings.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Header iscsidsc.h

See also

LoginIScsiTarget