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Chapter 10—Encryption and Key Management BlueScale Key Management
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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Assign the Encryption Key to a Partition
Overview Aftercreatinganencryptionkey,youcanassignittooneor
morepartitions.Theencryptionchoicesavailableforapartitiondependon
thehardwareassignedtothepartition.
Notes:  TheEncryptionscreeninthepartitionwizardletsyouenable
theencryptionfeaturesforthepartition.Itonlydisplaysif
youareloggedinasanencryptionuserandalreadycreated
anencryptionkeyasdescribedinCreateanEncryptionKey
onpage303.
 Bydefault,LTO‐4andlatergenerationdrivesareconfigured
tocompressdata.Ifnecessary,useyourstoragemanagement
softwaretomodifythedrivepropertysettingstoturnoff
compression.
 SpectraSKLMkeymanagementisnotcompatiblewith
BlueScaleEncryptionkeymanagement,becausetheycannot
shareencryptionkeys.DataencryptedusingSpectraSKLM
keymanagementcannotbedecryptedusingBlueScale
Encryptionkeymanagement,andviceversa.
Usethefollowingstepstoassignakeytoapartitionandencryptalldata
senttothepartition.
1. Accesstheencryptionfeature(seeLogIntotheEncryptionFeatureon
page284).
Note: Ifyouarenotalreadyloggedinasanencryptionuser,youmust
entertheencryptionpasswordbeforeyoucreateoredita
partitionusingtheBlueScalepartitionwizard.Ifyouarenot
loggedin,theEncryptionscreendoesnotdisplay.
2. ClickMENU,thenselectConfiguration > Partitions.
3. ClickNewtocreateapartition,orclickEdittomodifythesettingsforan
existingpartition(see
CreatingaStoragePartitiononpage169).
4. NavigatethroughthepartitionconfigurationwizardbyclickingNext
untiltheEncryptionscreendisplays.
Figure 199 The Encryption screen in the partition wizard.