Table 1 New and Changed Features for Cisco Storage Media Encryption in Release 3.x
Feature
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GUI Change
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Description
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Changed in Release
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Where Documented
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Target-Based Load Balancing
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Clustering offers target-based load balancing of Cisco SME services.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 1, "Product Overview"
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Enabling Clustering Using Fabric Manager
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Change in Command menu of the Control tab.
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Users can select enable to enable clustering.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 2, "Getting Started"
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Enabling Cisco SME Using Fabric Manager
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Change in Command menu of the Control tab.
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Users can select enable to enable the Cisco SME feature.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 2, "Getting Started"
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Enabling SSH Using Fabric Manager
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Error dialog box in Fabric Manager
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An error message dialog box displays if the Fabric Manager GUI is used to enable SSH before using the Device Manager or the CLI to generate the SSH keys.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 2, "Getting Started"
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Enabling SSH Using Device Manager
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SSH Telnet windows
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Users should first create and then enable SSH using Device Manager.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 2, "Getting Started"
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Transport Settings
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New step in the Cisco SME wizard for creating a cluster.
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Allows users to enable or disable transport settings for Cisco SME.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 3, "Cisco SME Cluster Management"
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Configuring and Starting Cisco SME Interface
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Create SME Interfaces window
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Users should create Cisco SME interfaces using Device Manager or the CLI, before using the Fabric Manager to create the interfaces.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 4, "Cisco SME Interface Configuration"
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Volume Key Rekey
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Rekey tab added in the Volume Groups tab of the Fabric Manager Web Client.
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Volume keys are rekeyed to ensure better security or when key security is compromised.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 6, "Cisco SME Key Management"
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Master Key Rekey
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Storing new master keyshares in the smart cards.
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In the advanced mode, the smart card replacement triggers a master key rekey and a new version of the master key is generated for the cluster. The new set of master keyshares are stored in the smart cards. All the volume group keys are also synchronized with the new master key.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 6, "Cisco SME Key Management"
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Accounting Log
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Accounting Log information
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Users can view the rekey operations and their status in the SME tab of the Fabric Manager Web Client.
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3.3(1a)
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Chapter 6, "Cisco SME Key Management"
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Load-Balancing Command
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Describes the command that enables cluster reloading for all targets or specific targets.
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3.3(1a)
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Appendix A, "Cisco SME CLI Commands"
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Command
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Describes the command that enables SSL.
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3.3(1a)
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Appendix A, "Cisco SME CLI Commands"
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Offline Data Restore Tool (ODRT) Command
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Describes the Linux-based command that invokes the ODRT application.
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3.3(1a)
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Appendix A, "Cisco SME CLI Commands"
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Offline Data Restore Tool (ODRT) application
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Describes the ODRT solution for recovering encrypted data on tape volume groups when the MSM-18/4 module or the Cisco MDS 9222i switch is unavailable.
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3.3(1a)
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Appendix B, "Offline Data Recovery in Cisco SME"
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Introduction to Secure Sockey Layer (SSL)
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Describes how to configure SSL for Cisco SME and edit SSL settings in the Cisco SME wizard.
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3.3(1a)
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Appendix C, "Provisioning Self-Sign Certificates"
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Database Backup and Restore
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Describes how to back up and restore Fabric Manager Server databases.
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3.3(1a)
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Appendix D, "Database Backup and Restore"
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