Chapter 5. System Configuration; Edge Security Settings In Lenovo Xclarity; Controller; Manage The Self Encryption Drive Authentication Key (Sed Ak) - Lenovo ThinkEdge SE350 V2 System Configuration Manual

Chapter 5. System configuration

Complete these procedures to configure your system.
Edge security settings in Lenovo XClarity Controller
ThinkEdge servers support specific security features. The status of the security features can be changed in
Lenovo XClarity Controller.

Manage the Self Encryption Drive Authentication Key (SED AK)

For ThinkEdge SE350 V2 with SED installed, the SED AK can be managed in Lenovo XClarity Controller. After
setting up the server or making changes to the configuration, backing up the SED AK is a must operation to
prevent data loss in the hardware failure case.
SED Authentication Key (AK) Manager
Log-in to Lenovo XClarity Controller web interface, and go to BMC Configuration ➙ Security ➙ SED
Authentication Key (AK) Manager to manage the SED AK of the server.
Notes: The operation of SED AK Manager is not allowed in the following conditions:
• Current user does not have the authority to manage SED AK.
Using SED AK Manager
SED encryption
The default status of SED encryption is Disabled, and the status can be changed in Lenovo XClarity

Controller.

When SED encryption is changed to Enabled, you have to set a password to generate the initial SED key.
Set the password and re-enter it for the confirmation. Click Apply to get the SED AK.
Attention: Once SED encryptoin is changed to Enabled, it cannot be changed back to Disabled.
Change the SED AK
• Generate SED AK from Passphrase: Set the password and re-enter it for the confirmation. Click Re-
generate to get the new SED AK.
Recover the SED AK
• Recover SED AK using Passphrase: Use the password that set in Generate SED AK from Passphrase
mode to recover the SED AK.
Set the network connection for the Lenovo XClarity Controller
Before you can access the Lenovo XClarity Controller over your network, you need to specify how Lenovo
XClarity Controller will connect to the network. Depending on how the network connection is implemented,
you might need to specify a static IP address as well.
The following methods are available to set the network connection for the Lenovo XClarity Controller if you
are not using DHCP:
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