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
Chapter 7 Using the Command Line Interface to Configure SME
Enabling and Disabling Tape Compression
Enabling and Disabling Tape Compression
To enable tape compression, follow these steps:
Enabling and Disabling Key-on-Tape
Cisco SME provides the option to store the encrypted security keys on the backup tapes.
To enable the key-on-tape feature, follow these steps:
Step 3
switch(config-sme-cl)# auto-volgrp
switch(config-sme-cl)#
Specifies automatic volume grouping.
Step 4
switch(config-sme-cl)# no
auto-volgrp
switch(config-sme-cl)#
Specifies no automatic volume grouping.
Command Purpose
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# config t
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# sme cluster
clustername1
switch(config-sme-cl)#
Specifies the cluster and enters SME cluster configuration
submode.
Step 3
switch(config-sme-cl)#
tape-compression
switch(config-sme-cl)#
Enables tape compression.
Step 4
switch(config-sme-cl)# no
tape-compression
switch(config-sme-cl)#
Disables tape compression.
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# config t
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# sme cluster
clustername1
switch(config-sme-cl)#
Specifies the cluster and enters SME cluster configuration
submode.
Step 3
switch(config-sme-cl)# key-ontape
switch(config-sme-cl)#
Enables the key-on-tape feature.
Step 4
switch(config-sme-cl)# no key-ontape
switch(config-sme-cl)#
Disables tape compression.