Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide - Release 4.x (OL-18091-01, February 2009)

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide
OL-18091-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
New and Changed Information
Accounting Log Updated accounting log
messages
Accounting Log
information
Users can view the rekey operations
and their status in the SME tab of
the Fabric Manager Web Client.
4.1(1c)
3.3(1c)
Chapter 6, “Cisco SME
Key Management”
Target-Based Load
Balancing
Clustering offers target-based load
balancing of Cisco SME services.
3.3(1c) Chapter 1, “Product
Overview”
Enabling Clustering
Using Fabric
Manager
Change in Command
menu of the Control tab.
Users can select enable to enable
clustering.
3.3(1c) Chapter 2, “Getting
Started”
Enabling Cisco SME
Using Fabric
Manager
Change in Command
menu of the Control tab.
Users can select enable to enable
the Cisco SME feature.
3.3(1c) Chapter 2, “Getting
Started”
Enabling SSH Using
Fabric Manager
Error dialog box in
Fabric Manager
An error message dialog box
displays if the Fabric Manager GUI
is used to enable SSH before using
the Device Manager or the CLI to
generate the SSH keys.
3.3(1c) Chapter 2, “Getting
Started”
Enabling SSH Using
Device Manager
SSH Telnet windows Users should first create and then
enable SSH using Device Manager.
3.3(1c) Chapter 2, “Getting
Started”
Transport Settings New step in the Cisco
SME wizard for
creating a cluster.
Allows users to enable or disable
transport settings for Cisco SME.
3.3(1c) Chapter 4, “Cisco SME
Cluster Management”
Configuring and
Starting Cisco SME
Interface
Create SME Interfaces
window
Users should create Cisco SME
interfaces using Device Manager or
the CLI, before using the Fabric
Manager to create the interfaces.
3.3(1c) Chapter 3, “Cisco SME
Interface Configuration”
Vo l u m e K e y R e key Rekey tab added in the
Volume Groups tab of
the Fabric Manager
Web Client.
Volume keys are rekeyed to ensure
better security or when key security
is compromised.
3.3(1c) Chapter 6, “Cisco SME
Key Management”
Master Key Rekey Storing new master
keyshares in the smart
cards.
In the advanced mode, the smart
card replacement triggers a master
key rekey and a new version of the
master key is generated for the
cluster. The new set of master
keyshares are stored in the smart
cards. All the volume group keys
are also synchronized with the new
master key.
3.3(1c) Chapter 6, “Cisco SME
Key Management”
Load-Balancing
Command
Describes the command that
enables cluster reloading for all
targets or specific targets.
3.3(1c) Appendix A, “Cisco SME
CLI Commands”
Table 1 New and Changed Features for Cisco Storage Media Encryption (continued)
Feature GUI Change Description
Changed
in
Release Where Documented