HP XP7 DKA Encryption User Guide (TK901-96001)

2 DKA Encryption Installation
This chapter discusses how to install the EDKA feature.
DKA Encryption installation workflow
Use the following workflow to install the EDKA feature:
1. Ensure your system meets the system requirements.
For more information about the system requirements, see “System requirements” (page 11).
2. Ensure your product suite interoperates the way you want it to with the EDKA feature.
3. Enable the EDKA feature.
For more information about enabling the EDKA feature, see “Enabling the DKA Encryption
feature” (page 11).
4. Assign the Security Administrator (View & Modify) role to the administrator who creates, backs
up, and restores data encryption license keys.
For more information about assigning roles, see the HP XP7 Remote Web Console User Guide.
System requirements
The following table lists the system requirements for using the EDKA feature.
RequirementItem
• Microcode 80-01-2x and later.
HP XP7 Storage
Remote Web Console
• DKA Encryption software license.
• Virtual LVI/LUN Manager software.
• Security Administrator (View & Modify) role to enable or disable data
encryption and to back up or restore keys
To connect to the key management server by specifying the host name
instead of IP address, you need the DNS server settings. For SVP
SVP (Web server)
configuration, give your service representative the IP address of the DNS
server.
All open-systems and mainframe host platforms are supported.Host platforms
All volume types and emulations are supported: open-systems, mainframe,
and multiplatform.
Data volumes
Supported volumes: Internal
A disk adapter that enables the data encrypting.Disk adapter
Enabling the DKA Encryption feature
Enable the EDKA feature in Remote Web Console.
1. Log onto RWC.
2. Type the software license key.
If the DKA Encryption software license expires or ismissing, you cannot delete the encryption
key.
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