Dell H810, H710P, H310 manual Security Key and RAID Management, Security Key Implementation

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Security Key and RAID

Management

NOTE: PERC H310 does not support any security implementations.

Security Key Implementation

The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H710, H710P, and H810 cards support Self-Encrypting Disks (SED) for protection of data against loss or theft of SEDs. Protection is achieved by the use of encryption technology on the drives. The encryption key is protected from unauthorized use by a security key.

There is one security key per controller. You can manage the security key under Local Key Management (LKM). The key can be escrowed in to a file using Dell OpenManage. The security key is used by the controller to lock and unlock access to encryption-capable physical disks. In order to take advantage of this feature, you must:

1Have SEDs in your system.

2Create (LKM) a security key

Security Key Management in the BIOS Configuration Utility

The Dell OpenManage storage management application and the BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl><R>) of the controller allow security keys to be created and managed as well as create secured virtual disks. The following section describes the menu options specific to security key management and provide detailed instructions to perform the configuration tasks. The contents of the following section apply to the BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl><R>). For more information on the management applications, see "Management Applications for PERC Cards" on page 51.

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