Configure The Encryption Initialization Mode And Password - Spectra Logic T-Series Spectra T200 User Manual

Chapter 9 — Configuring and Using Encryption

Configure the Encryption Initialization Mode and Password

1. From the Encryption Configuration screen, select Configure. The
2. Select the initialization mode you want to use:
3. In the New Encryption User Password field, type in a password, using
4. Re-enter the password in the Retype Password field, then select OK. The
5. Proceed to
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Encryption Settings screen displays.
Note: If the partition does not include either an encryption-enabled
F-QIP or encryption-enabled LTO drives, you will not see the
Encryption screen described in this section.
Figure 126 The Encryption Settings screen.
Standard Mode – When the library is powered on during startup,
data can be backed up to partitions that support encryption without
entering an encryption password. To use Standard Mode, make sure
that Enable Secure Initialization is not selected.
Secure Initialization Mode – When the library is powered on
during startup, partitions dedicated to encryption are not available,
so backups sent to them cannot run. To initialize the encryption
partitions, someone must log in as a superuser, then enter the
encryption password. To use Secure Initialization Mode, select
Enable Secure Initialization.
any combination of the numbers 0–9, lower and upper case alphabetic
characters (a–z and A–Z), and the at sign (@), dash (–), underscore (_),
and colon (:) characters.
Note: Security is greatly enhanced when the user who knows the
encryption password is different from the one logging into the
system during normal operations.
Encryption Configuration screen again displays.
Create an Encryption Key.
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