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
Configuring a Tape Volume Group
Configuring a Tape Volume Group
A tape volume group is a group of tapes that are categorized usually by function. For example, HR1
could be the designated tape volume group for all Human Resource backup tapes; EM1 could be the
designated tape volume group for all e-mail backup tapes.
Adding tape groups allows you to select the VSANs, hosts, storage devices, and paths that SME will use
for encrypted data. For example, adding a tape group for HR data sets the mapping for SME to transfer
data from the HR hosts to the dedicated HR backup tapes.
To configure a tape volume group, follow these steps:
Viewing Cisco SME Cluster, Internal, and Transport Information
To verify Cisco SME cluster configurations, you can use the show sme command to view a specific
cluster configuration, internal information, and transport information.
A sample output of the show sme cluster command follows:
switch# show sme cluster clustername1
SME Cluster is clustername1
Cluster ID is 2e:00:00:05:30:01:ad:f4
Cluster is Operational
Cluster is Not Shutdown
Cluster config version is 27
Security mode is basic
Cluster status is online
Total Nodes are 1
Recovery Scheme is 1 out of 1
Fabric[0] is f1
CKMC server has not been provisioned
Master Key GUID is 8c57a8d82d2098ee-3b27-6c2b116a950e, Version: 0
Shared Key Mode is Enabled
Auto Vol Group is Not Enabled
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-bkgrp groupname1
switch(config-sme-cl-tape-bkgrp)#
Specifies the tape volume group and enters the
SME tape volume group submode.
Step 4
switch(config-sme-cl-tape-bkgrp)# tape-device
devicename1
switch(config-sme-cl-tape-bkgrp-tapedevice)#
Specifies the tape device name and enters the
SME tape device submode.
Step 5
switch(config-sme-cl-tape-bkgrp-tapedevice)#
tape-device devicename1 D
switch(config-sme-cl-tape-bkgrp-tapedevice)#
Specifies the tape cartridge identifier.
Step 6
switch(config-sme-cl-tape-bkgrp-tapedevice)#
host 10:00:00:00:c9:4e:19:ed target
2f:ff:00:06:2b:10:c2:e2 vsan 4093 lun 0
fabric f1
switch(config-sme-cl-tape-bkgrp-tapedevice)#
Specifies the host and target, the VSAN, LUN
and the fabric (f1) for the tape volume group.
Step 7
switch(config-sme-cl-tape-bkgrp-tapedevice)#
enable
Enables the tape device.