Brocade Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.2.0 (53-1001201-04, May 2009)

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Creating high availability (HA) clusters
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8. Note Important Next Steps! below this message, and click Next.
Instructions for installing public key certificates for the encryption switch are displayed. These
instructions are specific to the key vault type. Copy or print these instructions.
FIGURE 47 Add switch to an encryption group - Next Steps dialog box
9. Click Finish to exit the Configure Switch Encryption wizard.
Creating high availability (HA) clusters
A high availability (HA) cluster is a group of exactly two encryption engines. One encryption engine
can take over encryption and decryption tasks for the other encryption engine, if that member fails
or becomes unreachable.
When creating a new HA Cluster, add one engine to create the cluster and then add the second
engine. You can make multiple changes to the HA Clusters list; the changes are not applied to the
switch until you click OK.
Both engines in an HA cluster must be in the same fabric as well as the same encryption group.
NOTE
An IP address is required for the management port for any cluster-related operations.
1. Select Configure > Encryption from the menu bar.
The Configure Encryption dialog box displays.
2. Select an encryption group from the tree, and click Properties.
3. Select the HA Clusters tab.
Available encryption engines are listed under Non-HA Encryption Engines.