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Encryption Center features

Encryption Center features

The Encryption Center dialog box is the single launching point for all encryption-related
configuration in Brocade Network Advisor (BNA)
general status of all encryption-related hardware and functions at a glance. To open the dialog box,
select Configure > Encryption.
FIGURE 1
Beginning with Fabric OS 6.4, the Encryption Center is dynamically updated to reflect the latest
changes based on any of the following events:
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If you are using the Encryption Center for the first time, please read the following topics before you
begin to perform encryption operations:
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Viewing and editing encryption group properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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Encryption-related acronyms in log messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Encryption Center dialog box
Encryption group creation or deletion.
A change in encryption group status or encryption engine status
Addition or removal of an encryption group member or encryption engine
"Encryption user privileges"
that are specific to encryption.
"Smart card usage" on page 16 and the topics that follow describe the options available for the
use of Smart Cards for user authentication, system access control, and storing backup copies
of data encryption master keys.
"Network connections" on page 27 describes the network connections that must be in place to
enable encryption.
"Blade processor links" on page 27 describes the steps for interconnecting encryption
switches or blades in an encryption group through a dedicated LAN. This must be done before
the encryption engines are enabled. Security parameters and certificates cannot be
exchanged if these links are not configured and active.
"Encryption node initialization and certificate generation"
parameters and certificates that are generated when an encryption node is initialized.
(Figure 1). It also provides a table that shows the
on page 15 describes the Role-based Access Control privileges
Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide (SKM/ESKM)
on page 28 lists the security
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