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

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Adding encryption targets

Failback

The Failback option determines the behavior when a failed encryption engine is restarted.

• When the first encryption engine comes back online, the encryption group’s failback setting

(auto or manual) determines whether the first encryption engine automatically resumes

encrypting and decrypting traffic to its encryption targets.

• In manual mode, the second encryption engine continues handling the traffic until you

manually invoke failback using the CLI, or until the second encryption engine fails.

NOTE

The failback feature is supported in Fabric OS version 6.2.0 or later only. You must failback Fabric

OS 6.1.1_enc engines manually using the CLI.

Adding encryption targets

Adding an encryption target maps storage devices and hosts to virtual targets and virtual initiators

within the encryption switch.

NOTE

It is recommended that you zone the host and target together before configuring them for

encryption. If the host and target are not already zoned, you can still configure them for encryption,

but afterward you will need to zone the host and target together, and then click the Commit button

to commit the changes. If you attempt to close the Encryption Targets dialog box without committing

the changes, you are reminded of uncommitted changes in DCFM.

1. Select Configure > Encryption from the menu bar.

The Configure Encryption dialog box displays the status of all encryption-related hardware and

functions at a glance. It is the single launching point for all encryption-related configuration

2. Select the encryption group, switch, or encryption engine to which you want to add the target.

3. Click Encryption Targets.

The Encryption Targets dialog box displays.

4. Click Add.

The Configure Storage Encryption welcome panel displays. The welcome panel explains the

wizard’s purpose, which is to configure encryption for a storage device (target).