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 2 Getting Started
Before You Begin
When connecting a new smart card reader after the installation of smart card drivers, you may be
required to restart the computer. If the card reader is not recognized on your workstation, you may need
to install the latest smart card drivers. You can find the Download link on the Fabric Manager Web
Client.
Note The smart card reader is only supported on Windows platforms.
Obtaining and Installing Licenses
To use the Cisco SME feature, you need the appropriate Cisco SME license; however, enabling Cisco
SME without a license key starts a counter on the grace period. You then have 120 days to install the
appropriate license keys or disable the use of Cisco SME. If at the end of the 120-day grace period the
switch does not have a valid license key for Cisco SME, it will be automatically disabled.
To identify if the Cisco SME feature is active, use the show license usage license-name command.
Table 2-2 lists the three Cisco SME licenses that are available.
To obtain and install Cisco SME licenses, refer to the licensing chapter in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
CLI Configuration Guide.
Cisco SME Configuration Overview
Before configuring Cisco SME on your switch, it is important to become familiar with the Cisco SME
configuration process. This section provides an overview of the Cisco SME configuration process and
includes the following topics:
• Initial Cisco SME Configuration, page 2-18
• Saving Cisco SME Cluster Configurations, page 2-19
Initial Cisco SME Configuration
Note For information about what you need to do before you initially configure Cisco SME, see the “Before
You Begin” section on page 2-2.
Ta b l e 2-2 Cisco SME Licenses
Part Number Description Applicable Product
M9500SME1MK9 Cisco Storage Media Encryption
(SME) package for MSM-18/4
module
MDS 9500 Series with
MSM-18/4 module
M9200SME1MK9 Cisco Storage Media Encryption
(SME) package for MSM-18/4
module
MDS 9200 Series with
MSM-18/4 module
M9200SME1FK9 Cisco Storage Media Encryption
(SME) package for fixed slot
MDS 9222i Switch only