Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director Hardware Release Notes
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Cisco Storage Media Encryption
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Storage Media Encryption (SME) encrypts data at rest on
heterogeneous tape devices and virtual tape libraries. SME is completely integrated
with the Cisco MDS 9000 family of switches and Cisco Fabric Manager, enabling
highly available encryption services to be deployed and managed without rewiring
or reconfiguring SANs, or installing additional software.
A Cisco MDS 9000 SME license is required to enable SME on a Cisco MDS 9000
Family 18/4-Port Multiservice Module installed in a Cisco MDS 9513 director. The
SME license is self-contained in that no other licenses are needed. SME requires a
Fabric Manager server for configuration but does not require a Fabric Manager
server license.
There are three types of SME licenses:
■
A license for enabling SME on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family 18/4-Port Multiservice
Module contained within an MDS 95xx chassis
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A license for enabling SME on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family 18/4-Port Multiservice
Module contained within an MDS 92xx chassis
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A license for enabling SME on an MDS 9222i switch.
See
“Firmware Requirements” on page 3
for SME firmware requirements and other
firmware requirements for your configuration. Further SME information can be
found in
