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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encryption group
adding a member node to using the CLI
, 143
adding a switch using the management application
, 46
advanced configuration
, 246
allowed configuration changes
, 264
basic configuration
, 139
creating using the CLI
, 139, 145
creating using the encryption setup wizard
, 35
deleting using the CLI
, 249
disallowed configuration changes
, 265
group-wide policy configuration
, 151
merge and split use cases
, 255
removing a node using the CLI
, 246
switch connection requirements
, 29, 130, 134
use cases
a member node lost connection to all other nodes
in the encryption group
, 257
encryption group database
manual operations
, 265
manual synchronization
, 265
encryption group leader
loss after power outage
, 280
encryption group properties
editing
, 111
using the restore master key
, 95
viewing
, 111
viewing encryption group properties
, 111
encryption group properties dialog box
General tab
, 115
HA Clusters tab
, 53, 119
Link Keys tab
, 121
Members tab
, 115
encryption groups
configuration impact of split or node isolation
, 264
creating
, 35
replacing an EE
, 50
split possibilities
, 260
encryption node
setting initialization
, 29
encryption nodes
setting initialization
, 133
encryption perforrmance
measuring
, 267
encryption properties
viewing properties
, 107
encryption switch
definition of
, 4
initialization
, 135
port labeling
, 131
encryption switch or group, removing using the
management application
, 116
encryption targets
adding
, 55
adding to virtual targets and virtual initiators within the
encryption switch
, 55
configuring hosts for
, 63
using the dialog box
, 96
using the dialog box to add Disk LUNs
, 98
engine operations tab
encryption group properties
engine operations tab
, 123
ensure uniform licensing in HA clusters
, 238
error recovery instructions
for adding a switch to a new group
, 277
for adding a switch to an existing group
, 276
error recovery instructions for adding a switch to an
existing group
, 276
errors related to the CLI
, 271
export commands
--export
, 136, 143
--exportmasterkey
, 146
F
failback
invoking
, 54
modes
, 54
failback command, --failback -EE
, 254
failover and failback, states of encryption engines during
,
254
field replaceable unit
See FRU
file names, certificates
, 143
FIPS mode
, 5
firmware download considerations
, 228
first-time configurations
, 32
frame redirection
creating and enabling in an FCR configuration (edge to
edge)
, 221
deploying the encryption switch or blade to hosts and
targets
, 158
enabling
, 158
prerequesites
, 158
viewing the zone using the CLI
, 164
frame redirection zoning
, 158
creating and enabled in a FCR configuration
, 220