Viewing Sa Statistics - Brocade Communications Systems RFS6000 System Reference Manual

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Authentication Type Set the authentication scheme used to validate the identity of each peer. Pre-shared keys do not scale accurately with
a growing network but are easier to maintain in a small network. Options include:
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Pre-shared Key - Uses pre-shared keys.
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RSA Signature - Uses a digital certificate with keys generated by the RSA signatures algorithm.
SA Lifetime Define an integer for the SA lifetime. With longer lifetimes, security defines future IPSec security associations quickly.
Encryption strength is great enough to ensure security without using fast rekey times. Brocade recommends using
the default value.
DH Group Set the Diffie-Hellman group identifier. IPSec peers use the defined value to derive a shared secret without
transmitting it to one another.

Viewing SA Statistics

A security association (SA) is a description of how two peers employ a security to interoperate
securely. IKE requires SAs to identify connection attributes. IKE can negotiate and establish its own
SA. An IKE SA is used by IKE only, and is bi-directional.
To view SA statistics:
1. Select Security > IKE Settings from the main menu tree.
2. Click the SA Statistics tab.
3. Refer to the information displayed within SA Statistics tab to discern the following:
Index Displays the alpha-numeric name (index) used to identify individual SAs.
Phase 1 done Displays whether this index is completed with the phase 1 (authentication) credential exchanged between peers.
Created Date Displays the exact date the SA was configured for each index displayed.
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b. Refer to the Status field for the state of the requests made from applet. This field displays
error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the
switch.
c. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
d. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
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