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Send documentation comments to [email protected] 5 C H A P T E R Cisco SME Tape Configuration This chapter contains information about managing tapes that are encrypted using Cisco SME. It includes the following sections: • About Cisco Storage Media Encryption Tape Management, page 5-1 • Adding Tape Groups, page 5-2 • Deleting Tape Groups, page 5-6 • Adding Tape Devices, page 5-7 • Deleting Tape Devices, page 5-10 • Adding Tape Paths, page 5-11 • Adding Tape Volume Groups, page 5-14 • Deleting Tape Volume Groups, page 5-16 • Viewing Host Details, page 5-17 • Viewing Tape Device Details, page 5-17 About Cisco Storage Media Encryption Tape Management Once provisioned, Cisco SME provides transparency to hosts and targets. To manage the paths from a hosts to tape devices, Cisco SME uses the following: • Tape group-A backup environment in the SAN. This consists of all the tape backup servers and the tape libraries that they access. • Tape device-A tape drive that is configured for encryption. • Tape volume-A physical tape cartridge identified by a barcode for a given use. • Tape volume group-A logical set of tape volumes configured for a specific purpose. Using Cisco SME, a tape volume group can be configured using a barcode range or a specified regular expression. In an auto-volume group, a tape volume group can be the volume pool name configured at the backup application. Cisco SME provides the capability to export a volume group with an encryption password. This file could later be imported to a volume group. Also, volume group filtering options provide mechanisms to specify what type of information will be included in a specific volume group. For example, you could filter information in a volume group by specifying a barcode range. OL-18091-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption Configuration Guide 5-1