Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide

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Viewing and editing group properties

For related information, see the following topics:

• See “Master keys” on page 78

• See “Smart card usage” on page 16

HA Clusters tab

The HA Clusters tab allows you to create and delete HA clusters, add encryption engines to and

remove encryption engines from HA clusters, and failback an engine.

The HA Clusters tab is viewed from the Encryption Group Properties dialog box. To access the HA

Clusters tab, select a group from the Encryption Center Devices table, then select Group > HA

Clusters from the menu task bar, or right-click a group and select HA Clusters.

NOTE

You can also select a group from the Encryption Center Devices table, then click the Properties icon.

FIGURE 87 Encryption Group Properties - HA Clusters tab

HA clusters are groups of encryption engines that provide high availability features. If one of the

engines in the group fails or becomes unreachable, the other cluster member takes over the

encryption and decryption tasks of the failed encryption engine. An HA cluster consists of exactly

two encryption engines.

For related information, see the following topics:

• “Failback option” on page 56

• “Invoking failback” on page 57