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

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Viewing and editing switch encryption properties
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• Node WWN - the world wide name of the node.
• Switch Status - the health status of the switch. Possible values are Healthy, Marginal, Down,
Unknown, Unmonitored, and Unreachable.
• Switch Membership Status - the alert or informational message description which details the
health status of the switch. Possible values are Group Member, Leader-Member Comm, Error,
Discovering, and Not a member.
• Encryption Group - the name of the encryption group to which the switch belongs.
• Encryption Group Status - Possible values are:
- OK - Converged - the group leader can communicate with all members.
- Degraded - the group leader cannot communicate with one or more members.
- Unknown - the group leader is in an unmanaged fabric.
NOTE
When a group is in the Degraded state, the following operations are not allowed: key vault
changes, master key operations, enable/disable encryption engines, Failback mode changes,
HA Cluster creation or addition (removal is allowed), tape pool changes, and any configuration
changes for storage targets, hosts, and LUNs.
• Fabric - the name of the fabric to which the switch belongs.
• Domain ID - the domain ID of the selected switch.
• Firmware Version - the current encryption firmware on the switch.
• Primary Key Vault Link Key Status - the possible statuses are as follows:
- Not Used – the key vault type is not LKM.
- No Link Key – no access request was sent to an LKM yet, or a previous request was not
accepted.
- Waiting for LKM approval – a request was sent to LKM and is waiting for the LKM
administrator’s approval.
- Waiting for local approval – a response was received from LKM.
- Created, not validated – the interim state until first used.
- OK – a shared link key exists and has been successfully used.
• Primary Key Vault Connection Status - whether the primary key vault link is connected.
Possible values are Unknown, Key Vault Not Configured, No Response, Failed authentication,
and Connected.
• Backup Key Vault Link Key Status - the possible statuses are as follows:
- Not Used – the key vault type is not LKM.
- No Link Key – no access request was sent to an LKM yet, or a previous request was not
accepted.
- Waiting for LKM approval – a request was sent to LKM and is waiting for the LKM
administrator’s approval.
- Waiting for local approval – a response was received from LKM.
- Created, not validated – the interim state until first used.
- OK – a shared link key exists and has been successfully used.