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4. Select Switch to External key management (EKM) mode, if you want to switch over from
LKM mode to EKM mode.
5. Click OK.
After you click OK and have switched to the EKM mode, the Authentication Drive Security
Key dialog appears.
Authentication Drive Security Key
After the Authentication Drive Security Key dialog appears, you have to enter the authentication
drive security key (currently the LKM key) in the Authentication Drive Security Key dialog as
shown in the following figure.
Figure 132 Authentication Drive Security Key
If you enter a valid authentication key, you will see a confirmation message indicating that EKM
is enabled as shown in the following figure.
Figure 133 Confirmation Message When EKM is Enabled
Based on the application's response at that particular point of time, you come across two
scenarios. The first scenario is, if EKMS is selected and EKMS is not present, and the second
scenario is, if you enter a wrong security key in the Authentication Drive Security Key dialog.
Scenario # 1 - EKM is selected and EKMS is not present
When EKM is selected and EKMS is not present, you have to restart the system, and during
re-boot the boot agent generates the security keys.
When you restart the system, the system restart message appears as shown in the following
figure.
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