DCFM Professional Plus User Manual (53-1001774-01, June 2010)

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Smart card usage

Smart Cards are credit card-sized cards that contain a CPU and persistent memory. Smart cards

can be used as security devices. You must have Storage Encryption Security user privileges to

activate, register, and configure smart cards.

Smart cards can be used to do the following:

• Control user access to the Management application security administrator roles.

• Control activation of encryption engines.

• Securely store backup copies of master keys.

Smart card readers provide a plug-and-play interface to read and write to a smart card. The

following smart card readers are supported:

• GemPlus GemPC USB

http://www.gemalto.com/readers/index.html

• SCM MicrosystemsSCR331

http://www.scmmicro.com/security/view_product_en.php?PID=2

See the following procedures for instructions about how to manage smart cards:

• “Registering authentication cards from a card reader” on page 455

• “Registering system cards from a card reader” on page 458

• “Tracking smart cards” on page 459

• “Saving a master key to a smart card set” on page 526

• “Restoring a master key from a smart card set” on page 530