Users Guide
Security key and RAID management
NOTE: PERC H310 does not support any security implementations.
Topics:
• Security key implementation
• Troubleshooting security key errors
Security key implementation
The Dell Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller 8 (SPERC8) internal and external cards support Self-Encrypting Disks (SED) for protection of
data against loss or theft of SEDs. Protection is achieved by the use of encryption technology on the drives. There is one security key per
controller. The security key is used by the controller to lock and unlock access to encryption-capable physical disks. In order to take
advantage of this feature, you must:
1 Have SEDs in your system.
2 Create a security key.
NOTE
: Security key implementation requires a rmware that enables LKM on Shared
PERC.
3 Encrypt virtual disks.
NOTE
: When SPERC8 controllers operate in Fault-Tolerant mode, the security key on the controllers must match.
Conguration and management of SED capable hard drives
Conguration and management of SED capable hard drives include the following features:
• Local Key Management (LKM)
• Creating a security Key
• Modifying the security key
• Deleting a security key
• Creating secured virtual disks
• Securing pre-existing virtual disks
• Importing or clearing secured foreign congurations and secure disk migration
• Cryptographic erase
NOTE
: For more information about security key management, see the
Dell Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge
VRTX User’s Guide
at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
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