4.Under the section Create Key, complete the following:

oKey Name: Enter the preferred key name.

The name must consist only of US-ASCII letters, numbers, or the underscore or hyphen characters, and must be between 8 and 64 characters. The minimum character length is required by the Smart Array controller, not by the ESKM.

oOwner Username: Enter the name of the user account to be paired with the key. If creating the Master Encryption Key, do not assign keys to the deployment user account.

oAlgorithm: Select AES-256.

o Select the Exportable checkbox. Leave the remaining fields as the default values.

5.Click Create. You will receive a notification that the key was created successfully.

Placing a key in a group

A key must be assigned a group in order to enable access by HP iLO. To place a key in a group, do the following:

1.Run a key query and locate the key created ("Running a key query" on page 25).

2.Assign the key to a group ("Assigning a key to a group" on page 27).

Running a key query

1.Log in to the HP ESKM ("Logging in to the HP ESKM" on page 18).

2.Click the Security tab.

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HP Secure Encryption manual Placing a key in a group, Running a key query