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Dell PowerVault MD 32XX/36XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide

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Create Storage Array Security Key

Description

This command creates a new security key for a storage array that has Self-Encrypting Disk (SED) physical disks. This command also sets the security definitions and sets the state to Security Enabled.
  • NOTE: Before you create a storage array security key, you must set the password for the storage array. Use the setStorageArray command to set the password for the storage array.

Syntax

create storageArray securityKey  [keyIdentifier="keyIdentifierString"] [passPhrase="passPhraseString"]  [file="fileName"]
                                 [commitSecurityKey=(TRUE | FALSE)]

Parameters

Parameter Description
keyIdentifier A character string that you can read that is a wrapper around a security key.
passPhrase A character string that encrypts the security key so that you can store the security key in an external file.
file The file path and the file name to which you want to save the security key. For example,

file="C:\Program Files\CLI\sup\seckey.slk"

  • NOTE: You must add a file extension of .slk to the end of the file name.
commitSecurityKey This parameter commits the security key identifier to the storage array for all SES drives as well as the RAID controllers. After the security key identifier is committed, a key is required to read data or write data. The data can only be read or changed by using a key, and the drive can never be used in a nonsecure mode without rendering the data useless or totally erasing the drive.

Additional Information

To use this command successfully, you need to have enough SES drives to create atleast one disk group. The RAID controller module firmware creates a lock that restricts access to the SES drives. SES drives have a state called Security Capable. When you create a security key, the state is set to Security Enabled, which restricts access to all SES drives that exist within the storage array.

You can have a storage array configuration with more than one set of encrypted disk groups. Each disk group can have a unique security key. The character string generated by the keyIdentifier parameter is a string that you can read and that enables you to identify the security key that you need. You can create a keyIdentifer by using one of these methods:
  • You can enter up to 189 alphanumeric characters for a key identifier. The key identifier cannot have these characters:
    • White spaces
    • Punctuation
    • Symbols
  • You can leave out this parameter.

Additional characters are automatically generated and appended to the end of the string that you enter for the key identifier. If you do not enter any string for the keyIdentifier parameter, the key identifier consists of only the characters that are automatically generated.

Your pass phrase must meet these criteria:
  • The pass phrase must be between eight and 32 characters long.
  • The pass phrase must contain at least one uppercase letter.
  • The pass phrase must contain at least one lowercase letter.
  • The pass phrase must contain at least one number.
  • The pass phrase must contain at least one non-alphanumeric character, for example, < > @ +.
If your pass phrase does not meet these criteria, you receive an error message and you must retry the command.

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