The Secure Key Management Facility (KMF) Profile Window

(Secure Configuration)

The Secure Key Management Facility (KMF) Profile Window allows you view or define ASTRO OTAR (Over-The-Air-Rekeying) parameters pertaining to KMF Profiles. KMF Profiles are defined to communicate with specific KMFs. Up to five (5) Secure KMF Profiles are possible. This entire node and all of its features are only available when the Secure Wide ASTRO OTAR Enable field is enabled.

The intent of KMF Profiles is to allow the radio to operate with different KMFs, possibly on different systems. The drawback to this functionality is that the underlying encryption hardware cannot manage having multiple versions of the same key; for example, you could not have the same CKR Number managed by both KMF#1 and KMF#2. Therefore, operators of KMF#1 and KMF#2, in this example, would have to agree not to manage the same CKR (Common Key Reference) numbers.

	Once defined, Secure KMF Profiles are selected from the Trunking KMF Profile Index, the Conventional KMF Profile Index, and the ASTRO Talkgroup List KMF Profile Index fields.
	ASTRO OTAR is enabled on a per Conventional Personality based on the Rx Voice / Signal Type field. The radio is further configured to initiate OTAR commands by enabling that Personality's ASTRO OTAR and or OTAR Tx fields.
	ASTRO OTAR is enabled on a per Trunking System basis from the ASTRO OTAR field and the OTAR Tx fields.

INCLUDED PAGES

Secure Hardware Encryption Key References List

ASTRO OTAR Information

Data Transport