Brocade Communications Systems RFS6000 System Reference Manual page 155

5. Specify a 4 to 32 character Pass Key and click the Generate button.
6. Use the Key #1-4 areas to specify key numbers.
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8. Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field
9. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
10. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
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The pass key can be any alphanumeric string. The controller, other proprietary routers and
Brocade Clients use the algorithm to convert an ASCII string to the same hexadecimal number.
Clients without Brocade adapters need to use WEP keys manually configured as hexadecimal
numbers.
The key can be either a hexadecimal or ASCII. For WEP 64 (40-bit key), the keys are 10
hexadecimal characters in length or 5 ASCII characters. Select one of these keys for activation
by clicking its radio button.
Default (hexadecimal) keys for WEP 64 include:
Key 1 1011121314
Key 2 2021222324
Key 3 3031323334
Key 4 4041424344
If you feel it necessary to restore the WEP algorithm back to its default settings, click the
Restore Default WEP Keys button. This may be the case if you feel the latest defined WEP
algorithm has been compromised and longer provides its former measure of data security.
displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and
the controller.
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