7. Installing and Activating Encryption in Spectra T50 Libraries
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Security on Initialization
Both editions of BlueScale Encryption give you security options at library startup. You can
choose whether to start the library:
• In standard mode, so that at library startup, data is encrypted with no further action
required.
• In secure initialization mode, so that at startup, drives that encrypt data are not
automatically enabled; encryption is only available and backups only run after a
superuser has logged in and the encryption password is entered.
Multiple Encryption Password Support
To access the Standard Edition of BlueScale Encryption, create and use a single encryption
password.
To access the Professional Edition of BlueScale Encryption, choose whether to create one
encryption password, or three encryption passwords. If you choose to implement the triple-
password option, then you will need to:
• Create three different passwords for access to encryption features.
• Enter any one of the three passwords enable encryption when the library is in Secure
Initialization mode.
• Enter any one of the three passwords to access encryption key management and
configuration options, excluding key import and export.
• Enter two of the three passwords to import and export keys.