Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide xiii
53-1002159-03
About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
•Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
How this document is organized
. This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Encryption Overview,” provides a task matrix, an overview of the data encryption
switch and the encryption solution, and the terminology used in this document.
• Chapter 2, “Encryption configuration using the Management application,” describes how to
configure and manage encryption features using Brocade Network Advisor.
• Chapter 3, “Configuring Brocade Encryption Using the CLI,” describes how to configure and
manage encryption features using the command line interface.
• Chapter 4, “Deployment Scenarios,” describes SAN configurations in which encryption may be
deployed.
• Chapter 5, “Best Practices and Special Topics,” summarizes best practices and addresses
special topics relevant to the implementation of encryption features.