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Best Practices and Special Topics
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Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
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Configuration upload and download considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
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Decommissioning a multi-path LUN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Decommissioning in an EG containing mixed modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Configuring CryptoTarget containers and LUNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
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Deployment with Admin Domains (AD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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Ensure uniform licensing in HA clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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Tape library media changer considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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Turn off compression on extension switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
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Rekeying best practices and policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
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Changing IP addresses in encryption groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Recommendations for Initiator Fan-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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Best practices for host clusters in an encryption environment . . . . . . . . . 207
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HA Cluster deployment considerations and best practices . . . . . . . . . . . . 207