ASRock Z87 Extreme11/ac LSI Mega RAID Storage Manager Guide - Page 140

4. Select Switch to External key management (EKM) mode, if you want to switch over from LKM mode to EKM mode. 5. Click OK. After you click OK and have switched to the EKM mode, the Authentication Drive Security Key dialog appears. Authentication Drive Security Key After the Authentication Drive Security Key dialog appears, you have to enter the authentication drive security key (currently the LKM key) in the Authentication Drive Security Key dialog as shown in the following figure. Figure 132 Authentication Drive Security Key If you enter a valid authentication key, you will see a confirmation message indicating that EKM is enabled as shown in the following figure. Figure 133 Confirmation Message When EKM is Enabled Based on the application's response at that particular point of time, you come across two scenarios. The first scenario is, if EKMS is selected and EKMS is not present, and the second scenario is, if you enter a wrong security key in the Authentication Drive Security Key dialog. Scenario # 1 - EKM is selected and EKMS is not present When EKM is selected and EKMS is not present, you have to restart the system, and during re-boot the boot agent generates the security keys. When you restart the system, the system restart message appears as shown in the following figure. Page 140 DB09-000202-05 37857-02 Using the MegaRAID Advanced Software Rev. F - May 2011 Copyright © 2011 by LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.