Adding Skm Appliances To The Cluster - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

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Steps for connecting to an SKM appliance

Adding SKM appliances to the cluster

If you are adding an appliance to an existing cluster, select the Cluster Settings section of the
window, click Download Cluster Key, then save the key to a convenient location, such as your
computer's desktop.
To add SKM appliances to the cluster you are creating, you will need the original cluster member's
local IP address and port number, and the location of the cluster key you downloaded, as specified
in "Creating an SKM High Availability cluster"
Complete the following steps on each SKM 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 in to the management console of the SKM appliance that is
3. In the Certificates & CAs menu, click Known CAs.
4. Enter the information required in the Install CA Certificate section near the bottom of the page.
5. Click Install.
6. In the Certificates & CA menu, click Trusted CA Lists.
7.
8. Click Edit.
9. Select the name of the CA from the list of Available CAs in the right panel.
10. Click Add.
11. Click Save.
12. Select the Device tab.
13. In the Device Configuration menu, click Cluster.
14. Click Join Cluster. In the Join Cluster section of the window, leave Local IP and Local Port set to
15. Enter the original cluster member's local IP address into Cluster Member IP.
16. Enter the original cluster member's local Port into Cluster Member Port.
17. Click Browse, then select the Cluster Key File you saved.
18. Enter the cluster password into Cluster Password.
19. Click Join.
20. After adding all members to the cluster, delete the cluster key file from the desktop.
21. Create and install an SKM server certificate. Refer to
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certificate open.
being added to the cluster, then click the Security tab.
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Enter 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 Default Profile Name.
their default settings.
certificate" on page 457 for a description of this procedure.
on page 459.
"Creating and installing the SKM server
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