Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-4 manual Application and Encryption Blades, FS8-18 blade

	Appendix
Application and Encryption Blades	B

In this appendix

•Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

•FS8-18 blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

•FX8-24 blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Introduction

This appendix provides details about the application and encryption blades that are available optionally for the Brocade DCX 8510-4. Contact your Brocade DCX 8510-4 supplier for additional information.

FS8-18 blade

The FS8-18 encryption blade is a high performance 16 port auto-sensing blade with data cryptographic (encryption/decryption) and data compression capabilities designed for enterprises to secure their data against theft or unauthorized use and to compress tape data for maximum utilization of tape media. The encryption blade is a network-based solution that secures data-at-rest for heterogeneous tape drives, disk array LUNs, and virtual tape libraries.

The FS8-18 blade provides the following major features:

•16 auto-sensing F, FL, E, EX, and M ports at 8 Gbps FC ports

•16 SFP media interfaces

•Encryption engines

•Key management/generation

•Key management with these hardware interfaces:

-Two 1000Base copper type media interfaces

-One smart card interface

•Security supervisor tamper detection and response capability

•CC (Common Criteria) EAL-3 compliant

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