System requirements

The following table lists the system requirements for the Encryption License Key feature.

Item

Requirement

VSP G200, VSP G400, G600, G800 / VSP F400, F600, F800

  • For VSP G200:

    Firmware 83-03-0x and later.

  • For VSP G400, G600, G800 or VSP F400, F600, F800:

    Firmware 83-01-0x and later.

Device Manager - Storage Navigator

  • Encryption License Key software license
  • Security Administrator (View & Modify) role to enable or disable data encryption and to back up or restore keys
  • Storage Administrator (provisioning) role to format volumes

SVP (Web server)

To connect to the key management server by specifying the host name instead of IP address, you need the DNS server settings. For SVP configuration, give your service representative the IP address of the DNS server.

Host platforms

All open-systems and mainframe host platforms are supported.

Data volumes

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

Supported volumes: Internal

Encrypting back-end director (EBED)

A special BED that provides data encryption. A BED can also be called a disk adapter (DKA).

For both EBEDs and standard BEDs, spare disks must be installed. The spare disk of an EBED cannot be used as a spare disk of a standard BED, and the spare disk of a standard BED cannot be used as a spare of an EBED.