HP Cisco MDS 9120 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide - R - Page 972

Global Lifetime Values Chapter 44 Configuring IPsec Network Security Send documentation comments to [email protected] Assuming that the particular crypto map entry does not have lifetime values configured, when the switch requests new SAs it will specify its global lifetime values in the request to the peer; it will use this value as the lifetime of the new SAs. When the switch receives a negotiation request from the peer, it uses the value determined by the IKE version in use: • If you use IKEv1 to set up IPsec SAs, the SA lifetime values are chosen to be the smaller of the two proposals. The same values are programmed on both the ends of the tunnel. • If you use IKEv2 to set up IPsec SAs, the SAs on each end have their own set up of lifetime values and thus the SAs on both sides expire independently. The SA (and corresponding keys) will expire according to whichever comes sooner, either after the specified amount of time (in seconds) has passed or after the specified amount of traffic (in bytes) has passed. A new SA is negotiated before the lifetime threshold of the existing SA is reached to ensure that negotiation completes before the existing SA expires. The new SA is negotiated when one of the following thresholds is reached (whichever comes first): • 30 seconds before the lifetime expires or • Approximately 10% of the lifetime in bytes remain If no traffic has passed through when the lifetime expires, a new SA is not negotiated. Instead, a new SA will be negotiated only when IPsec sees another packet that should be protected. To configure global SA lifetimes using Fabric Manager, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Choose Switches > Security and then select IPSEC in the Physical Attributes pane. You see the IP Sec configuration in the Information pane. Click the Global tab. Double-click and edit the value in the Life Time(sec) column (see Figure 44-34). Figure 44-34 IP Sec Configuration Global Tab Step 5 Click Apply Changes to save your changes. 44-38 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x