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2 DKA Encryption Installation

This chapter discusses how to install the EDKA feature.

DKA Encryption installation workflow

Use the following workflow to install the EDKA feature:

1.

Ensure your system meets the system requirements.

For more information about the system requirements, see

“System requirements” (page 10)

.

2.

Ensure your product suite interoperates the way you want it to with the EDKA feature.

3.

Enable the EDKA feature.

For more information about enabling the EDKA feature, see

“Enabling the DKA Encryption

feature” (page 10)

.

4.

Assign the Security Administrator (View & Modify) role to the administrator who creates, backs
up, and restores data encryption license keys.

For more information about assigning roles, see

“Assigning users to user groups” (page 11)

.

System requirements

The following table lists the system requirements for using the EDKA feature.

Requirement

Item

P9500 storage system

Microcode 70-01-0x and later.

Microcode 70-04-0x and later if you backup and restore data
encryption license keys on a key management server.

Remote Web Console

DKA Encryption software license.

Virtual LVI/LUN Manager software.

Security Administrator (View & Modify) role to enable or disable data
encryption and to back up or restore keys.

For more information about enabling data encryption, see

“Enabling

the DKA Encryption feature” (page 10)

.

For more information about disabling data encryption, see

“Disable

encrypted data workflow” (page 7)

.

To connect to the key management server by specifying the host name
instead of IP address, you need the DNS server settings. For P9500 storage

P9500 storage system (Web server)

system configuration, give your service representative the IP address of
the DNS server.

All open-systems and mainframe host platforms are supported.

Host platforms

All volume types and emulations are supported: open-systems, mainframe,
and multiplatform.

Data volumes

Supported volumes: Internal

Enabling the DKA Encryption feature

Enable the EDKA feature in Remote Web Console.
1.

Log onto RWC.

2.

Type the software license key.

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DKA Encryption Installation

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