Chapter 1 Product Overview; Cisco Storage Media Encryption Features - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

About Cisco Storage Media Encryption
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Cisco Storage Media Encryption Features

The Cisco MDS 9000 Family of intelligent directors and fabric switches provide an open,
standards-based platform for hosting intelligent fabric applications and services. As a platform, the
Cisco MDS 9000 family switches provide all essential features required to deliver secure, highly
available, enterprise-class Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) fabric services. Cisco has
integrated encryption for data-at-rest as a transparent fabric service to take full advantage of this
platform.
Storage Media Encryption is a standards-based encryption solution for heterogeneous tape libraries and
virtual tape libraries. Cisco SME is managed with Cisco Fabric Manager and a command-line interface
(CLI) for unified SAN management and security provisioning. Cisco SME includes the following
comprehensive built-in key management features:
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide
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shows the integration of Cisco SME with SAN fabrics to offer seamless management of data
Cisco Storage Media Encryption
Fibre Channel SAN
Servers
Cisco MDS 9200
Series
Storage Media Encryption (SME)
Cisco Storage Media Encryption Features, page 1-2
Cisco SME Terminology, page 1-7
Supported Topologies, page 1-8
In-Service Software Upgrade in Cisco SME, page 1-9
Transparent Fabric Service, page 1-3
Encryption, page 1-3
Cisco SME Roles, page 1-3
Key Management, page 1-4
Clustering, page 1-5
FC-Redirect, page 1-6
Server-Based Discovery for Provisioning Tapes, page 1-6
Target-Based Load Balancing, page 1-6
SME Scalability, page 1-6
Cisco MDS 9500
Series
Chapter 1 Product Overview
Storage
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