CloudLink Self-encrypting Drives

Summary: This topic provides information about the self-encrypting drives (SED) in CloudLink Center.

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CloudLink self-encrypting drives (SEDs)

This topic provides information about the SED in CloudLink Center.

When managing an SED from CloudLink Center, be aware of the following:

  • CloudLink Center can manage encryption keys for self-encrypting drives.
 
NOTE: You must not encrypt an SED even when you have a license that supports SED features because such a license supports only managing and releasing an SED. To identify if a drive is of SED type, look at the SED section in the Machines page. If information about the SED drive is displayed, then it implies that the drive is of an SED type. Otherwise, it is not.
 
  • Manage an SED in CloudLink Center by locking and unlocking when the CloudLink agent is installed on machines with an SED.
  • When CloudLink Center manages an SED, SED encryption keys are stored in the current keystore for the machine group they are in.
  • The functionality for managing an SED requires a separate SED license.
  • When CloudLink Center takes ownership of an SED, it releases SED encryption keys when the physical machine containing the SED is powered on or restarted.
  • If the SED cannot retrieve the key from CloudLink Center, the SED remains locked.

Additional Information

For further information regarding CloudLink handling of an SED, see Dell CloudLink 8.1.1 Administration Guide | Dell US

Affected Products

CloudLink SecureVM, PowerFlex rack, ScaleIO
Article Properties
Article Number: 000271857
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2025
Version:  2
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