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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Cisco SME Tape Configuration
This chapter contains information about managing tapes that are encrypted using Cisco SME. It includes
the following sections:
• About Cisco Storage Media Encryption Tape Management, page 5-1
• Adding Tape Groups, page 5-2
• Deleting Tape Groups, page 5-6
• Adding Tape Devices, page 5-7
• Deleting Tape Devices, page 5-10
• Adding Tape Paths, page 5-11
• Adding Tape Volume Groups, page 5-14
• Deleting Tape Volume Groups, page 5-16
• Viewing Host Details, page 5-17
• Viewing Tape Device Details, page 5-17
About Cisco Storage Media Encryption Tape Management
Once provisioned, Cisco SME provides transparency to hosts and targets. To manage the paths from a
hosts to tape devices, Cisco SME uses the following:
• Tape group—A backup environment in the SAN. This consists of all the tape backup servers and the
tape libraries that they access.
• Tape device—A tape drive that is configured for encryption.
• Tape volume—A physical tape cartridge identified by a barcode for a given use.
• Tape volume group—A logical set of tape volumes configured for a specific purpose. Using Cisco
SME, a tape volume group can be configured using a barcode range or a specified regular
expression. In an auto-volume group, a tape volume group can be the volume pool name configured
at the backup application.
Cisco SME provides the capability to export a volume group with an encryption password. This file
could later be imported to a volume group. Also, volume group filtering options provide mechanisms to
specify what type of information will be included in a specific volume group. For example, you could
filter information in a volume group by specifying a barcode range.