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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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Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (SKM/ESKM)

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Steps for connecting to an SKM or ESKM appliance

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17. Select the server certificate name you just created from the certificate list, and select

Properties.

The Certificate Request Information window displays.

18. Click Install Certificate.

The Certificate Installation window displays.

19. Paste the signed certificate data you copied under Certificate Response and click Save.

The status of the server certificate should change from Request Pending to Active.

Enabling SSL on the Key Management System (KMS) Server

The KMS Server provides the interface to the client. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) must be enabled
on the KMS Server before this interface will operate. After SSL is enabled on the first appliance it
will be automatically enabled on the other cluster members.

To configure and enable SSL, perform the following steps:

1. Select the Device tab.

2. In the Device Configuration menu, click KMS Server to display the Key Management Services

Configuration window.

SKM Key Management Services Configuration window

FIGURE 88

SKM Key Management Services Configuration window

3. In the KMS Server Settings section of the window, select the following check boxes:

Use SSL

Allow Key and Policy Configuration Operations

Allow Key Export