Adding Skm Or Eskm Appliances To The Cluster - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c Administrator's Manual

4. Copy the certificate request, beginning with

Adding SKM or ESKM appliances to the cluster

If you are adding an appliance to an existing cluster, select Cluster Settings, click Download Cluster
Key, and save the key to a convenient location, such as your computer's desktop.
To add SKM/ESKM appliances to the cluster you are creating, you will need the original cluster
member's local IP address, local port number, and the location of the cluster key you downloaded,
as specified in
Perform the following steps on each SKM/ESKM appliance you want to add to the cluster.
1. Open a new browser window, keeping the browser window from Copying the Local CA
2. In the new browser window, log into the management console of the SKM/ESKM appliance
3. In the Certificates & CAs menu, click Known CAs.
Enter information required in the Install CA Certificate section near the bottom of the page.
4. Click Install.
5. In the Certificates & CA menu, click Trusted CA Lists.
6. Click on the Default Profile Name.
7.
8. Select the name of the CA from the list of Available CAs in the right panel.
9. Click Add.
10. Click Save.
11. Select the Device tab.
12. In the Device Configuration menu, click on Cluster.
13. Click on Join Cluster. In the Join Cluster section of the window, leave Local IP and Local Port set
14. Type the original cluster member's local IP address into Cluster Member IP.
15. Type the original cluster member's local Port into Cluster Member Port.
16. Click Browse and select the Cluster Key File you saved.
17. Type the cluster password into Cluster Password.
18. Click Join.
19. After adding all members to the cluster, delete the cluster key file from the desktop.
20. Create and install an SKM/ESKM certificate. Refer to
Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide
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with
---END CERTIFICATE REQUEST---
"Creating an SKM or ESKM high availability cluster"
certificate open.
that is being added to the cluster and click the Security tab.
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Type the Certificate Name of the certificate being transferred from the first cluster
member.
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Paste the copied certificate data into the Certificate box.
Click Edit.
to their defaults.
ESKM server certificate" on page 122 for a description of this procedure.
Steps for connecting to an SKM or ESKM appliance
---BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST---
. Be careful not to include any extra characters.
"Creating and installing the SKM or
and ending
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