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
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Getting Started
This chapter includes information about Cisco SME installation and the preliminary tasks that you must
complete before configuring Cisco SME. It includes the following sections:
• Cisco SME Installation, page 2-1
• Before You Begin, page 2-2
• Cisco SME Configuration Restrictions, page 2-19
Cisco SME Installation
Cisco SME has the following installation requirements:
• Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(2c) or later, or Cisco NX-OS 4.x must be installed on the Cisco
MDS 9222i switch or the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch with an MSM-18/4 module.
• Cisco Fabric Manager Server must be installed on a computer that you want to use to provide
centralized MDS management services and performance monitoring. The Cisco Key Management
Center (Cisco KMC) is on this server.
Note Although you need to install Fabric Manager Server, you do not need a Fabric Manager
Server license to use Cisco SME. Additional Fabric Manager Server capabilities are not
enabled by default with Cisco SME, so there is no free performance monitoring or other
functionality.
• Fabric Manager Web Client can be used to configure and manage Cisco SME using a web browser.
Cisco Fabric Manager is installed using the Fabric Manager Installation CD-ROM included with your
switch, or you can download Fabric Manager. For information on installing Fabric Manager, see the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide. For information on installing Cisco
MDS SAN-OS Release 3.2(2c) or later, or Cisco NX-OS 4.x, see the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI
Configuration Guide.
You can use one of two configuration management tools to configure Cisco Storage Media Encryption.
• Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager, page 2-2
• Command Line Interface, page 2-2.