HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Features Overview (AA-RW1NA-TE, May 2005)

13Fabric OS 5.0 features overview
Security scenarios
Security protocols are designed with the four main scenarios described in Table 6.
Table 6 Main security scenarios
Fabric Traffic
management
Configuration
via policy
Comments
Nonsecure Nonsecure No Does not require a special setup.
Nonsecure Secure/
nonsecure
No Allows secure fabric management without
the use of Secure Fabric OS. SSL certificates
must be installed.
Secure Secure Yes Fabric OS 4.x (and later) switches provide
support for encrypted protocols. Fabric OS
3.2.x switches support telnet and secure
telnet only. Switches running earlier Fabric
OS versions can be part of the secure
fabric, but they do not support secure
management.
You must enable secure management on
each participating switch. You can disable
nonsecure management on nonparticipating
switches.
If you use SSL, then you must install
certificates.
Secure Nonsecure/
secure
Yes The following lists conditions under which
you must use nonsecure traffic management:
• The fabric contains switches running
Fabric OS 3.2.x.
• Software tools that do not support
secure protocols are present; for
example, Fabric Manager 4.x.
• The fabric contains switches running
Fabric OS versions earlier than 4.x.
(Nonsecure management is enabled
by default.)