Key Management System 
Configuring Key Chain Management 
Configuring Key Chain Management 
KMS-Related CLI Commands in This Section  Page 
show key-chain < chain_name >  page 13-3 
[ no ] key-chain chain_name  page 13-3 
[ no ] key-chain chain_name key Key_ID  page 13-4 
The Key Management System (KMS) has three configuration steps: 
1.  Create a key chain entry. 
2.  Assign a time-independent key or set of time-dependent keys to the Key 
Chain entry. The choice of key type is based on the level of security 
required for the protocol to which the key entry will be assigned. 
3.  Assign the key chain to a KMS-enabled protocol. 
This procedure is protocol-dependent. For information on a specific protocol, 
refer to the chapter covering that protocol in the Management and Configu
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ration Guide for your switch. 
Creating and Deleting Key Chain Entries 
To use the Key Management System (KMS), you must create one or more key 
chain entries. An entry can be the pointer to a single time-independent key or 
a chain of time-dependent keys 
. 
Syntax:  [ no ] key-chain < chain_name > 
Generate or delete a key chain entry. Using the 
optional no form of the command deletes the key 
chain. The < chain_name > parameter can include up 
to 32 characters. 
show key-chain 
Displays the current key chains on the switch and their 
overall status. 
For example, to generate a new key chain entry: 
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