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 4 Cisco SME Cluster Management
Creating a Cisco SME Cluster Using the Cisco SME Wizard
Selecting Advanced Security
When Advanced security is selected, you need to designate the number of cards that are required to
recover the master key. This can be 2 or 3 of 5 smart cards or 2 of 3 smart cards. You will need to
configure all 5 smart cards during the cluster creations process; however, you will only need the quorum
number (that you designated in this step), to recover the master key.
In the Master Key Security screen, select Advanced. Enter the number of required smart cards for the
quorum (2 of 3 or 2 of 5 or 3 of 5). Click Next.
• For Advanced security, 5 Cisco SME Recovery Officers must be present to login and enter the smart
card PIN for each of the 5 smart cards.
• Be sure that the smart card reader is connected using the USB port (see “Installing Smart Card
Drivers” section on page 2-17 in Chapter 2, “Getting Started”).
• When you insert a smart card into the reader, the card will be verified. You will be prompted to
initialize the card if the card has not been previously initialized.