Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide

28 Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide

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Steps for connecting to an SKM or ESKM appliance

Registering the SKM or ESKM Brocade group user name and password

The Brocade group user name and password you created when configuring a Brocade group on

SKM/ESKM must also be registered on each Brocade encryption node.

NOTE

This operation can be performed only after the switch is added to the encryption group.

1. Select Configure > Encryption from the menu task bar.

2. The Encryption Center dialog box displays.

3. Select a switch from the Encryption Center Devices table, then select Switch > Key Vault

Credentials, or right-click a switch and select Key Vault Credentials.

The Key Vault Credentials dialog box displays.

FIGURE 15 Key Vault Credentials dialog box

4. Enter the Brocade group user name and password.

Keep the following rules in mind when registering the Brocade user name and password:

- The user name and password must match the user name and password specified for the

Brocade group.

- The same user name and password must be configured on all nodes in an encryption

group. This is not enforced or validated by the encryption group members, so care must be

taken when configuring the user name and password to ensure they are the same on each

node.

- Different user names and passwords can never be used within the same encryption group,

but each encryption group may have its own user name and password.

- If you change the user name and password, the keys created by the previous user become

inaccessible. The Brocade group user name and password must also be changed to the

same values on SKM/ESKM to make the keys accessible.

- When storage is moved from one encryption group to another, and the new encryption

group uses different user name and password, the Brocade group user name and

password must also be changed to the same values on SKM/ESKM to make the keys

accessible.

5. Repeat the procedure for each node.