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# Managing Authentication Verification Entities (AVEs)

Unisphere supports the configuration of Authentication Verification Entities (AVEs) on NVMe-oF/TCP.

## Prerequisites

Changes to the setting can be made only on an embedded guest and only when NVMe secure provisioning restrictions are enabled.

## About this task

AVEs provide a scalable authentication mechanism between a NVMe host and the NVMe subsystem for provisioning secrets.

## Steps

1. Select to open the Settings panel.
2. Select Security > AVE.
   The following information about AVEs is listed:
   - Name—The AVE name, represented by the text AVE and an index, for example, AVE 1, AVE 2
   - AVE NQN—The NVMe Qualified Name (NQN) of the AVE
   - TLS Hash—A comma-separated string of the TLS hashes selected.
3. Do one of the following:
   - To create an AVE, complete the following steps:
     - Click Create.
     - Configure values for the following fields:
       - AVE NQN—The NVMe Qualified Name (NQN) of the AVE
       - TLS Hash—A multi selection of the TLS Hash supported
       - Secret—A secret, which must follow the following regular expression format: ^DHHC-1:\d{2}:[A-Za-z0-9+/]+=*:$
       - Primary IP Address—An IPv4 or IPv6 address
       - Primary Port—A port in the range of 1-65535
       - Secondary IP Address—(Optional) An IPv4 or IPv6 address
       - Secondary Port—(Optional) A port in the range of 1-65535
       - Tertiary IP Address—(Optional) An IPv4 or IPv6 address
       - Tertiary Port—(Optional) A port in the range of 1-65535
       - Quaternary IP Address—(Optional) An IPv4 or IPv6 address
       - Quaternary Port—(Optional) A port in the range of 1-65535
   - To modify an existing AVE, complete the following steps:
     - Select the AVE and click Modify.
     - Edit one or more properties of the AVE, and click OK.

       | NOTE: You cannot edit the Secret value.

   - To delete an AVE, complete the following steps:
     - Select the AVE and click Delete.

       | NOTE: If the AVE index is being referenced in an existing security profile, then you cannot delete it.

4. Click Close.

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