Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual v10.3.X (53-1001357-01, November 2009)

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Tracking Smart Cards

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

secure way to back up and restore a master key. Using Smart Cards is optional. Master keys can

also be backed up to a file or key vaults and are only used for encryption groups using RKM or HP

SKM key vaults.

Even if an encryption group is deleted, the smart cards are still displayed. You must manually

delete them.

Use the Smart Card Asset Tracking dialog box to track Smart Card details.

1. Select Configure > Encryption from the menu bar.

The Encryption Center dialog box displays.

2. Click Smart Card Tracking.

The Smart Card asset tracking dialog box displays.

FIGURE 231 Smart Card asset tracking dialog box

Clicking the Remove button removes a selected smart card from the Management application

database. You can remove smart cards to keep the Smart Cards table at a manageable size, but

removing the card from the table does not invalidate it. The Smart Card can still be used.

Clicking the Save As button saves the entire list of smart cards to a file. The available formats are

comma-separated values (.csv) and HTML files (.html).