Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.0.0 (53-1002696-01, April 2013)

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Steps for connecting to a TEKA appliance

TEKA provides a web user interface for management of clients, keys, admins, and configuration

parameters. A Thales officer creates domains, groups, and managers (a type of administrator),

assigns groups to domains, and assigns managers to manage groups. Managers are responsible

for creating clients and passwords for the groups they manage.

The following configuration steps are performed from the TEKA web user interface and from the

Management application:

• Set up network connections to TEKA. Refer to “Setting up TEKA network connections” on

page 565.

• Create a TEKA client. Refer to “Creating a client on TEKA” on page 567.

• Establish TEKA key vault credentials. Refer to “Establishing TEKA key vault credentials on the

switch” on page 568.

• Sign encryption node certificate signing requests. Refer to “Signing the encryption node KAC

CSR on TEKA” on page 569.

• Import the signed requests onto the encryption nodes. Refer to “Importing a signed KAC

certificate into a switch” on page 569.

Setting up TEKA network connections

Communicating to TEKA is enabled over an SSL connection. Two IP addresses are needed. One

IP address is used for the management interface, and a second IP address is used for

communication with clients. These IP addresses are typically assigned during the initial setup of

the TEKA appliance.