Configuring A Brocade Group On Skm Or Eskm; Registering The Skm Or Eskm Brocade Group User Name; Setting Up The Local Certificate Authority (Ca) On Skm Or; Eskm - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c Administrator's Manual

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Configuring a Brocade group on SKM or ESKM

A Brocade group is configured on SKM/ESKM for all keys created by Brocade encryption switches
and blades. This needs to be done only once for each key vault.
1. Log in to the SKM/ESKM management web console using the admin password.
2. Select the Security tab.
3. Select Local Users & Groups under Users and Groups.
4. Select Add under Local Users.
5. Create a Brocade user name and password.
6. Select the User Administration Permission and Change Password Permission check boxes.
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8. Select Add under Local Groups.
9. Add a Brocade group under Group.
10. Select Save.
11. Select the new Brocade group name, and then select Properties.
12. In the User List section, select or type the Brocade user name under Username.
13. Select Save.
NOTE
Fabric OS 6.2.0 uses brcduser1 as a standard user name when creating a Brocade group on
SKM/ESKM. If you downgrade to version 6.2.0, the user name is overwritten to brcduser1, and the
Brocade group user name must be changed to brcduser1.
Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide
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"Registering authentication cards from the database"
"Registering the SKM or ESKM Brocade group user name and password"
"Setting up the local Certificate Authority (CA) on SKM or ESKM"
"Downloading the local CA certificate from SKM or ESKM"
"Creating and installing the SKM or ESKM server certificate"
"Enabling SSL on the Key Management System (KMS) Server"
"Copying the local CA certificate for a clustered SKM or ESKM appliance"
"SKM or ESKM key vault high availability deployment"
The User & Group Configuration page displays.
you will need this user name and password later when registering this information with the
switches.
Select Save to save this user data.
The group name must be "brocade" and is case sensitive.
Local Group Properties and a User List are displayed.
The Brocade user name and password are now configured on SKM/ESKM.
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