HP Brocade 8/12c Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide - Page 31
Support for Virtual Fabrics, Cisco Fabric Connectivity support
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Support for Virtual Fabrics 1 • A set of recovery smart cards. This option is only available if the switch is managed by the Data Center Fabric Manager (DFCM), and if a card reader is available for attachment to the DCFM workstation. The use of smart cards provides the highest level of security. When smart cards are used, the key is split and written on up to 10 cards. Each card may be kept and stored by a different individual. A quorum of key holders is needed to restore the key. If five key holders exist and the quorum is set to three, then any three of the five key holders is needed to restore the key. Support for Virtual Fabrics The Brocade Encryption Switch does not support the logical switch partitioning capability and, thus, cannot be partitioned, but the switch can be connected to any Logical Switch partition or Logical Fabric using an E-Port. The FS8-18 encryption blades are supported only in a default switch partition. All FS8-18 blades must be placed in a default switch partition in a DCX or DCX-4S chassis. The encryption resource from the default switch partition/fabric can be shared with other logical switch partitions/fabrics or other fabrics only through external device sharing using FCR or EX_Ports through a base switch/fabric. A separate port blade must be used in the base switch/fabric for EX_Port connectivity from the logical switch partition (default switch partition) of FS8-18 blades and host/target fabrics. The EX_Port can be on any external FCR switch. NOTE Please refer to Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for more details on how to configure the DCX and DCX-4S in virtual fabrics environments, including configuration of default switch partition and any other logical switch partitions. Cisco Fabric Connectivity support The Brocade Encryption Switch provides NPIV mode connectivity to Cisco fabrics. Connectivity is supported for Cisco SAN OS 3.3 and later versions. Cisco fabric connectivity is provided only on the Brocade Encryption Switch. The FS8-18 blade for the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S platforms does not support this feature. Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide 11 53-1002159-03