Brocade Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting HP Secure Key Manager (SKM) and HP Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) Environments (Supporting Fabric OS v7.2.0) User Manual
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Viewing and editing switch encryption properties
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Discovering
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Not a member
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Encryption Group: The name of the encryption group to which the switch belongs
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Encryption Group Status: Status options are:
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OK/Converged: the group leader can communicate with all members.
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Degraded: the group leader cannot communicate with one or more members. The
following operations are not allowed: key vault changes, master key operations,
enable/disable encryption engines, Failback mode changes, HA Cluster creation or
addition (removal is allowed), tape pool changes, and any configuration changes for
storage targets, hosts, and LUNs.
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Unknown: The group leader is in an unmanaged fabric.
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Fabric: The name of the fabric to which the switch belongs.
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Domain ID: The domain ID of the selected switch.
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Firmware Version: The current encryption firmware on the switch.
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Key Vault type: The HP Key Vault Type name is shown as HP Secure Key Manager (SKM);
however, it is used to support both SKM and ESKM Key Vault Types.
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Primary Key Vault Link Key Status/Backup Key Vault Link Key Status: (LKM/SSKM key
vault only.) Shown as Not Used.
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Primary Key Vault Connection Status/Backup Key Vault Connection Status: Whether the
primary key vault link is connected. Options are:
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Unknown/Busy
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Key Vault Not Configured
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No Response
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Failed authentication
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Connected.
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Key Vault User Name button: (TEKA key vault only). Shown as inactive.
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Public Key Certificate Request text box: The switch’s KAC certificate signing request, which
must be signed by a certificate authority (CA). The signed certificate must then be imported
onto the switch and onto the primary and backup key vaults.
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Export button: Exports the public key certificate in CSR format to an external file for signing
by a certificate authority (CA).
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Import button: Imports a signed public key certificate.
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Encryption Engine Properties table: The properties for the encryption engine. There may be
0 to 4 slots, one for each encryption engine in the switch.
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Current Status: The status of the encryption engine. Many possible values exist. Common
options are:
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Not Available (the engine is not initialized)
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Disabled
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Operational