Administrator's Guide Supporting RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) Environments (Supporting Fabric OS v7.2.0) Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Document
- Encryption Overview
- In this chapter
- Host and LUN considerations
- Terminology
- The Brocade Encryption Switch
- The FS8-18 blade
- FIPS mode
- Performance licensing
- Recommendation for connectivity
- Usage limitations
- Brocade encryption solution overview
- Data encryption key life cycle management
- Master key management
- Support for virtual fabrics
- Cisco Fabric Connectivity support
- Configuring Encryption Using the Management Application
- In this chapter
- Encryption Center features
- Encryption user privileges
- Smart card usage
- Using authentication cards with a card reader
- Registering authentication cards from a card reader
- Registering authentication cards from the database
- Deregistering an authentication card
- Setting a quorum for authentication cards
- Using system cards
- Enabling or disabling the system card requirement
- Registering systems card from a card reader
- Deregistering system cards
- Using smart cards
- Tracking smart cards
- Editing smart cards
- Network connections
- Blade processor links
- Encryption node initialization and certificate generation
- Steps for connecting to a DPM appliance
- Exporting the KAC certificate signing request (CSR)
- Submitting the CSR to a certificate authority
- KAC certificate registration expiry
- Importing the signed KAC certificate
- Uploading the CA certificate onto the DPM appliance (and first-time configurations)
- Uploading the KAC certificate onto the DPM appliance (manual identity enrollment)
- DPM key vault high availability deployment
- Loading the CA certificate onto the encryption group leader
- Encryption preparation
- Creating an encryption group
- Adding a switch to an encryption group
- Replacing an encryption engine in an encryption group
- High availability clusters
- Configuring encryption storage targets
- Configuring hosts for encryption targets
- Adding target disk LUNs for encryption
- Adding target tape LUNs for encryption
- Moving targets
- Tape LUN write early and read ahead
- Tape LUN statistics
- Encryption engine rebalancing
- Master keys
- Security settings
- Zeroizing an encryption engine
- Using the Encryption Targets dialog box
- Redirection zones
- Disk device decommissioning
- Rekeying all disk LUNs manually
- Thin provisioned LUNs
- Viewing time left for auto rekey
- Viewing and editing switch encryption properties
- Viewing and editing encryption group properties
- Encryption-related acronyms in log messages
- Configuring Encryption Using the CLI
- In this chapter
- Overview
- Command validation checks
- Command RBAC permissions and AD types
- Cryptocfg Help command output
- Management LAN configuration
- Configuring cluster links
- Setting encryption node initialization
- Steps for connecting to a DPM appliance
- Initializing the Fabric OS encryption engines
- Exporting the KAC certificate signing request (CSR)
- Submitting the CSR to a CA
- Importing the signed KAC certificate
- Uploading the CA certificate onto the DPM appliance (and first-time configurations)
- Uploading the KAC certificate onto the DPM apliance (manual identity enrollment)
- Creating a Brocade encryption group
- Client registration for manual enrollment
- DPM key vault high availability deployment
- Setting heartbeat signaling values
- Adding a member node to an encryption group
- Generating and backing up the master key
- High availability clusters
- Re-exporting a master key
- Enabling the encryption engine
- Zoning considerations
- CryptoTarget container configuration
- Crypto LUN configuration
- Impact of tape LUN configuration changes
- Decommissioning LUNs
- Decommissioning replicated LUNs
- Force-enabling a decommissioned disk LUN for encryption
- Force-enabling a disabled disk LUN for encryption
- SRDF LUNs
- Using SRDF, TimeFinder and RecoverPoint with encryption
- Configuring LUNs for SRDF/TF or RP deployments
- SRDF/TF/RP manual rekeying procedures
- Tape pool configuration
- Configuring a multi-path Crypto LUN
- First-time encryption
- Thin provisioned LUNs
- Data rekeying
- Deployment Scenarios
- In this chapter
- Single encryption switch, two paths from host to target
- Single fabric deployment - HA cluster
- Single fabric deployment - DEK cluster
- Dual fabric deployment - HA and DEK cluster
- Multiple paths, one DEK cluster, and two HA clusters
- Multiple paths, DEK cluster, no HA cluster
- Deployment in Fibre Channel routed fabrics
- Deployment as part of an edge fabric
- Deployment with FCIP extension switches
- Data mirroring deployment
- VMware ESX server deployments
- Best Practices and Special Topics
- In this chapter
- Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations
- Configuration upload and download considerations
- Configuration upload at an encryption group leader node
- Configuration upload at an encryption group member node
- Information not included in an upload
- Steps before configuration download
- Configuration download at the encryption group leader
- Configuration download at an encryption group member
- Steps after configuration download
- HP-UX considerations
- AIX considerations
- Enabling a disabled LUN
- Decommissioning in an EG containing mixed modes
- Decommissioning a multi-path LUN
- Disk metadata
- Tape metadata
- Tape data compression
- Tape pools
- Tape block zero handling
- Tape key expiry
- Configuring CryptoTarget containers and LUNs
- Redirection zones
- Deployment with Admin Domains (AD)
- Do not use DHCP for IP interfaces
- Ensure uniform licensing in HA clusters
- Tape library media changer considerations
- Turn off host-based encryption
- Avoid double encryption
- PID failover
- Turn off compression on extension switches
- Rekeying best practices and policies
- KAC certificate registration expiry
- Changing IP addresses in encryption groups
- Disabling the encryption engine
- Recommendations for Initiator Fan-Ins
- Best practices for host clusters in an encryption environment
- HA Cluster deployment considerations and best practices
- Key vault best practices
- Tape device LUN mapping
- Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- In this chapter
- Encryption group and HA cluster maintenance
- Displaying encryption group configuration or status information
- Removing a member node from an encryption group
- Deleting an encryption group
- Removing an HA cluster member
- Displaying the HA cluster configuration
- Replacing an HA cluster member
- Deleting an HA cluster member
- Performing a manual failback of an encryption engine
- Encryption group merge and split use cases
- A member node failed and is replaced
- A member node reboots and comes back up
- A member node lost connection to the group leader
- A member node lost connection to all other nodes in the encryption group
- Several member nodes split off from an encryption group
- Adjusting heartbeat signaling values
- EG split possibilities requiring manual recovery
- Configuration impact of encryption group split or node isolation
- Encryption group database manual operations
- Key vault diagnostics
- Measuring encryption performance
- General encryption troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting examples using the CLI
- Management application encryption wizard troubleshooting
- LUN policy troubleshooting
- Loss of encryption group leader after power outage
- MPIO and internal LUN states
- FS8-18 blade removal and replacement
- Brocade Encryption Switch removal and replacement
- Deregistering a DPM key vault
- Reclaiming the WWN base of a failed Brocade Encryption Switch
- Removing stale rekey information for a LUN
- Downgrading firmware from Fabric OS 7.1.0
- Fabric OS and DPM Compatibility Matrix
- Splitting an encryption group into two encryption groups
- Moving an encryption blade from one EG to another in the same fabric
- Moving an encryption switch from one EG to another in the same fabric
- State and Status Information
- Index
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DEK (data encryption keys), 9
DEK life cycle
, 10
delete commands
--delete -container
, 165, 247
--delete -encgroup
, 249
--delete -hacluster
, 253
--delete -tapepool
, 196
deployment scenarios
data mirroring deployment
, 223
deployment as part of an edge fabric
, 221
deployment in fibre channel routed fabrics
, 219
deployment with FCIP extension switches
, 222
dual fabric deployment
, 215
single fabric and DEK cluster
, 214
single fabric deployment
, 213, 214
single switch, two paths from host to target
, 212
deployment with admin domains (AD)
, 237
deregister command,--dereg -membernode
, 248
DHCP for IP interfaces
, 237
discover commands
--discover -LUN
, 200
--discoverLUN
, 167, 171
disk devices
decommissioning
, 97
disk luns
decommissioning
, 98
rekeying manually
, 100
setting rekey all
, 101
viewing rekey details
, 102
disk metadata
, 234
downloading firmware
, 292
E
EE state
disabling from properties
, 111
enabling from properties
, 111
eject commands
-eject -membernode
, 248
enable a disabled LUN using the CLI
, 233
enable commands
--enable -LUN
, 179
--enable -rekey
, 207
--enable_rekey
, 202
--enableEE
, 256
enableEE
, 156
encrypted LUN states
, 298
encryption
adding a license
, 5
best practices for licensing
, 5
certificate generation
, 28
configuration planning for the management
application
, 27, 35
configure dialog box
, 14
configuring
LUNs for first-time encryption
, 202
configuring in a multi-path environment
, 61
cut-through
, 6
definition of terms
, 2
description of blade
, 5
engines
, 4
first-time encryption modes
, 202
frame redirection diagram
, 8
gathering information before using the setup wizard
,
27, 35
host and LUN considerations
, 1
launching the encryption targets dialog box
, 96
limitations
, 6
node initialization
, 28
overview diagram
, 7
performance licensing for switch
, 5
physical view of switch
, 4
preparation
, 35
selecting mode for LUNs
, 76
solution overview
, 7
viewing and editing group properties
, 111
encryption blades
port labeling
, 131
special configuration considerations
, 131
encryption center
features
, 14
encryption engine
rebalancing
, 83
encryption engines
adding to HA clusters
, 119
checking status
, 156
effects of zeroizing
, 94
enabing
, 156
initializing
, 135
recovering from zeroizing
, 94
removing from HA clusters
, 119
security processor (SP) states
, 297
states during an active failover and failback
, 254
support for tape pools
, 121
verifying status using the CLI
, 156
zeroizing
, 94