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 1 Product Overview
About Cisco Storage Media Encryption
Figure 1-2 Multisite Setup in Cisco KMC.
In the case of multisite deployments when the Cisco KMC is separated from Fabric Manager, fabric
discovery is not required on the Cisco KMC installation. The clusters that have connection to the Cisco
KMC will be online and the clusters that are not connected, but are not deactivated, appear as offline.
The Cisco SME clusters that are deleted from the fabric appear as deactivated.
The high availability Cisco KMC server consists of a primary server and a secondary server. When the
primary server is unavailable, the cluster connects to the secondary server and fails over to the primary
server once the primary server is available. The high availability KMC will be available after you
configure the high availability settings in the Fabric Manager Web Client. For more information on the
configuration, see the
“Choosing High Availability Settings” section on page 6-5.
For information about primary and secondary servers, see the “High Availability Key Management
Center” section on page 6-5.
Clustering
Cluster technology provides reliability and availability, automated load balancing, failover capabilities,
and a single point of management.
Primary Data Center
Fabric A
Fabric A
Cisco SME
Cluster 2
Cisco SME
Cluster 3
Fabric A
Cisco KMC
Cisco
Fabric
Manager
Cisco
Fabric
Manager
Cisco
Fabric
Manager
Fabric B
Fabric B
Fabric B
Cisco SME
Cluster 1
Key catalog
Other Data Centers
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