Brocade Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide v6.3.0 (53-1001341-02, July 2009)

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Encryption Center features

The Encryption Center dialog box (Figure 6) is the single launching point for all encryption-related

configuration in the Management application. It also provides a table that shows the general status

of all encryption-related hardware and functions at a glance.

FIGURE 6 Encryption Center dialog box

The Encryption Center dialog box differs from the previous Configure Encryption dialog box. The

buttons at the bottom of the dialog box are replaced with menus that are selected from a menu bar,

or alternatively, by right-clicking an item in the table.

Smart card usage

Smart Cards are credit card-sized cards that contain a CPU and persistent memory. Smart cards

can be used as security devices. With Brocade encryption switches, smart cards can be used to do

the following:

• Control user access to the Management application security administrator roles.

• Control activation of encryption engines.

• Securely store backup copies of master keys.

Smart card readers provide plug-and-play interface to read and write to a smart card. The following

smart card readers are supported:

• GemPlus GemPC USB

http://www.gemalto.com/readers/index.html

• SCM MicrosystemsSCR331

http://www.scmmicro.com/security/view_product_en.php?PID=2

See the following procedures for instructions about how to configure a Smart Card:

• “Registering authentication cards from a card reader” on page 19

• “Registering system cards from a card reader” on page 21

• “Saving a master key to a smart card set” on page 71

• “Restoring a master key from a smart card set” on page 75