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Change Security Settings - EKM

When you select the Change Security Settings in the Change Security wizard as shown in Figure 99, two options are provided for you. If you select the first option, that is, Change current security settings, you can traverse to the EKM mode. If you select the second option, Switch to Local Key Management (LKM) mode you can switch over to LKM mode.

Perform the following steps to configure the Change Security Settings wizard.

  1. Select the Physical View tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu screen, and click a controller icon.
  2. Select Go To -> Controller -> Change Security Settings in the main navigation bar which is present in the top portion of the MSM screen.
  3. Right click on the controller icon, and click Change Security Settings.
  4. The Change Security Settings wizard appears as shown in the following figure.
    Figure 99 Change Security Settings



When you select the Change current security settings option, you will get a different EKM key for the controller.

Based on the application’s response two scenarios occur, the first scenario is, when EKM server is present, and the second scenario is, when EKM server is not present.

Scenario # 1

EKM server is present

If EKM server is present, you will get a confirmation message indicating that the drive security is enabled on the controller as shown in Figure 100.

Figure 100 EKMS server is present

Scenario # 2

EKM server is not present

When EKM server 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.

Figure 101 System Restart


DB09-000202-04  37857-02  Rev. E  October 2010
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