Getting started with VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA virtual appliance : Setting default credentials for storage systems

Setting default credentials for storage systems
You can use Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere to set default credentials for a storage system in your vCenter Server.
Before you begin 
You must have selected the vCenter Server that you want to use for creating default credentials.
About this task 
If you set up default credentials for storage systems, Virtual Storage Console (VSC) uses these credentials to log in to a storage system that VSC has just discovered. If the default credentials do not work, you must manually log in to the storage system. VSC and SRA support addition of storage system credentials at the cluster level or SVM level. But VASA Provider will only work with cluster level credentials.
Steps 
1.
From the VSC Home page, click Configuration > Set Default Credentials.
2.
In the Set Default Credentials dialog box, enter the credentials for the storage system.
Storage system field
Description
User name and password
Storage controller credentials are assigned in ONTAP based on the user name and password pair. The storage controller can be the root account or a custom account that uses role-based access control (RBAC).
You cannot use VSC to change the roles that are associated with the user name and password pair of the storage controller. To change the storage controller credentials, you must use a tool such as RBAC User Creator for ONTAP.
Use TLS
You must select this check box if you want to enable Transport Layer Security (TLS).
Port
The default management port number is 443 if the Use TLS check box is selected and 80 if the Use TLS check box is not selected.
These are the ONTAP defaults. If you toggle the Use TLS check box, the port number switches between 443 and 80. You can specify a different port number. If you specify a different port number, then toggling the Use TLS check box only changes the TLS state in the dialog box.
3.
Click OK to save the default credentials.
After you finish 
If you updated the storage system credentials because a storage system reported Authentication Failure status, you must select Update Hosts and Storage Systems, which is available from the Actions > NetApp VSC menu. When you do this, VSC tries to connect to the storage system by using the new credentials.
Parent topic: Getting started with VSC, VASA Provider, and SRA virtual appliance