Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide

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Creating a new encryption group
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13. Enter the passphrase, which is required for restoring the master key. The passphrase can be
between eight and 40 characters, and any character is allowed.
14. Re-enter the passphrase for verification.
15. Click Next.
The Select Security Settings dialog box displays.
FIGURE 27 Select Security Settings dialog box
16. Set quorum size and system card requirements.
The quorum size is the minimum number of cards necessary to enable the card holders to
perform the security sensitive operations listed above. The maximum quorum size is five cards.
The actual number of authentication cards registered is always more than the quorum size, so
if you set the quorum size to five, for example, you will need to register at least six cards in the
subsequent steps.
Setting quorum size to a value greater than zero and/or setting system cards to Required
launches additional wizard dialog boxes.
17. Click Next.
The Confirm Configuration dialog box displays. The dialog box displays the encryption group
name and switch public key certificate file name you specified.