Link Keys Tab - HP Brocade BladeSystem 4/12 User Manual

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Viewing and editing group properties

Link Keys tab

Connections between a switch and an NetApp LKM key vault require a shared link key. Link keys
are used only with LKM key vaults. They are used to protect data encryption keys in transit to and
from the key vault. There is a separate link key for each key vault for each switch. The link keys are
configured for a switch but are stored in the encryption engines, and all the encryption engines in a
group share the same link keys. The Link Keys tab displays a table that shows link key status for
each switch in an encryption group.
You must create link keys under the following circumstances:
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Establish buttons are used in establishing the trusted link between a switch and LKM.
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When a new encryption group is created.
When a new switch is added to an encryption group.
When a new key vault is added to an encryption group.
After all encryption engines in a switch have been zeroized.
When all of the encryption blades have been removed from a director and one or more new
encryption blades have been added.
"Establishing the trusted link" on page 356 for information on how the Accept and
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