Sun Microsystems StorageTek HP LTO4 manual

Sun StorageTek TM Crypto Key Management System HP LTO4 Encryption-Capable Tape Drives Technical Brief Part Number: 316196601 Revision: A[...]

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Sun Microsystems, Inc. www .sun.com Cr ypto K e y Management System V ersion 2.0 HP L T O4 T ape Driv e T echnical Br ief P art Number : 316196601 June 2008 Revision: A[...]

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316196601 • Revision: A iii Contents Preface v Organization v Related Information v Additional Information vi 1. Introduction 1 Drive Tray 2 Specifications 3 Compatibility 5 Order Numbers 6 2. Dione Card 7 Firmware Requirements 7 Dione Card Com ponents 8 Connecting to the Dione Card 9 KMS Operations 10 Key Lifecycle 10 Media RFID Chips 12 Media T[...]

iv KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 20 08 Revision: A • 316196601 Using VOP 19 Start VOP 20 Diagnose Drive Tab 23 Run LED Diagno stic T est 23 Run Loopback T est 24 Get Log 25 Load Firmware 25[...]

316196601 • Revision: A v Pr eface This technical brief is intended for Sun StorageT ek TM r epresentatives, customers, and anyone r esponsible for planning the installation of the Cr ypto Key Management System (KMS ) encryption solution. Or ganization Related Information These publications co ntain th e additional information: This guide has the[...]

Preface vi KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 316196601 Additional Information Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun) of fers se veral methods to obtain additional information. Sun’s External W eb Site Sun’s external W eb site pr ovides marketing, product, event, corporate, and service information. The ex ternal W eb site is acce ss [...]

316196601 • Revision: A 1 CHAPTER 1 Intr oduction Overview The Hewlett Packard (HP) L TO4 is the fourth-generat ion of Ultrium, Linear T ape-Open tape drives. This generation of fers more capacity and incr eased performance than e arlier versions of L TO tape drives. Encryption Capable The Hewlett Packard L TO4 is the first , non-StorageT ek T -S[...]

Drive Tray 2 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2 008 Revision: A • 316196601 Installing this tape drive in one of Sun St orageT ek’s autom ated tape configurations offe rs customers wi th an even wider ch oice of tape-based storage solutions. ■ Server compatibility: Fibre Channel an d SCSI models on popular (qualified ) p l a t f o r m s f r[...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 1 Introduction 3 Specific ations Specifications T ABLE 1- 1 provides a comparison of tape drive specifications. T ABLE 1-1 T ape Drive Specifications LT O 2 LT O 3 LT O 4 Physical Specifications Height 8.25 cm (3.25 in.) 8.25 cm (3.25 in.) 8.25 cm (3.25 in.) W idth 14.6 cm (5.75 in.) 14.6 c m (5.75 in.) 14.6 cm (5.[...]

Specifications 4 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2 008 Revision: A • 316196601 TA B L E 1-2 provides a comparison of media specifications. T ABLE 1-3 lists the reliabilit y specifications. T ABLE 1-2 Media Specifications Specification LT O 2 LT O 3 LT O 4 T ape Base film PEN (Poly-Ethylene-Naphthalate) Ta p e l e n g t h 609m 680m 820m T ape l[...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 1 Introduction 5 Specific ations Compatibility HP L TO Ultrium 4 drives are specified to inter change with un-encrypted data c a r t r i d g es f r o m o t h e r t a p e d r i v e s t h a t comply to the L TO U-28, U-316 and U-416 specifications: Future compatibility: In the future, HP L TO Ultrium drives will be c[...]

Order Numbers 6 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2 008 Revision: A • 316196601 Or der Numbers License Keys Configured E nd Items X-Options (Conversion Bills) Dione Card FIGURE 1-2 License Ke ys L T O4 Encryption Key Marketing Number Description Bundled X-HP-L TO4-EKEY -B One r equir ed per encrypti on enabled dri ve. Bundled with the drive at t[...]

316196601 • Revision: A 7 CHAPTER 2 Dione Car d The Dione card—pr onounced (D - O - nee)—i s a custom d esign that provides an Ethernet interface fo r the HP L TO4 tape dr ive. W ith this inte rface, th e HP L TO4 tape drive can: ■ Encrypt and decrypt data using the Su n StorageT ek Crypto Key Management System (KMS), V ersion 2.0 and above[...]

Dione Card Components 8 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2 008 Revision: A • 316196601 Dione Car d Components The Dione card installs in the open ar ea of the drive trays behind the tape drives. Library drive trays that support this card ar e the: ■ SL8500 ■ SL3000 ■ SL500 ■ L-Series Each drive tray has its own unique conf iguration dep[...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 2 Dione Card 9 Dione Card Components Connecting to the Dione Car d FIGURE 2-2 shows two ways to conn ect to the Dione card: ■ Point-to-point usin g a crossover cable ■ Network using a switch or hub and standa rd (straight-through) Ethernet cables Note – The default I P addre ss of the Dione car d is 10.0.0.1 [...]

KMS Operations 10 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 316196601 KMS Operations When the tape drive is powered-on, th e Dione card co mmunicates to the dr ive o v e r t h e s er i a l p o r t t o t a k e c o n t r o l of drive encryption and decryption. HP L TO4 tape drives have the capability of storing one (1) key while encrypt[...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 2 Dione Card 11 KMS Operations A potential issue: Th a t L TO 4 dr i v e fi r m w are w i l l n o t re qu e s t a write key in the following scenario: Read, Space, W rite-Filemark, W rite. The drive will use the same key obtained for the Read command to encrypt the data pr ovided for the W rite command. Th e state [...]

KMS Operations 12 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 316196601 At release, the functionality to set a ke y in a compr omised state is not present. This is a low impact issu e due to the syst em assi gning unique encryption keys for e a c h t a p e c a r t r i d g e . I t i s r a r e t h a t a c o m p r o m i s e d k e y s c e n[...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 2 Dione Card 13 KMS Operations FIGURE 2-4 prov ides an example of a KMS Manager display sc reen using the elements from and HP L TO4 drive. FIGURE 2-4 K M S M a n a g e r D a t a U n i t L i s t 1. Data Unit ID (data cartridge) 2. External T ag (volume serial number) 3. Description (L TO4 or L TO4WORM) 4. External [...]

Removal and Replacemen t 14 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 316196601 Removal and Replacement Encryption-capable HP L TO 4 tape drives contain an Ethernet card, wh ich is a field repla ceable unit (FRU). Depending on the library , each drive tray contains the card in a differ ent location; however , the removal and replaceme[...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 2 Dione Card 15 Removal and Replacement 3. Place the drive and drive tray on a suitable work surface. 4. Remove the two T9 screws fr om the top cover and remove the cover . 5. Remove the connecto rs fr om the HBD car d. 6. Remove the four T10 screws th at attach the drive to the tray . 7. Remove the T10 screw that [...]

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316196601 • Revision: A 17 CHAPTER 3 V irtual Operator Panel The Sun StorageT ek V irtual Operator Pane l (VOP) is a computer-based application that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to these tape drives: ■ T10000A ■ T10000B ■ T9840D W ith the VOP at V ersion 1.0.12 and higher , support for the HP L T O4 tape drive is provided thr o[...]

18 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 316196601 The VOP application uses an Ethernet connec tion to communicate with the tape drives, either: ■ Point-to-point, using a cross-over cable ■ Networked, using a switch and standard—straight—Ethernet cables This Ethernet interface provides communic ation with the tape drives a[...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 3 Virtual Operator Pan el 19 Using VOP Using VOP Ther e are two v e rsions of VOP: 1) Customer an d 2) Se rvice. Refer to the VOP documentation for in formation about how to download and install these applications. TA B L E 3-1 is an example of th ese versions. For the initial configuration, use a secure point-to-p[...]

Using VOP 20 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 316196601 Start VOP Importa nt: ■ Remember , the Service Delivery Platform (SDP) doe s not support the L TO4 drives. Y o u may need to make adjustments to the network add resses if mixing t a p e d r i v e s o n t h e s a m e K M A a n d / o r S D P n e t w o r k ( L A N 2 ) . ?[...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 3 Virtual Operator Pan el 21 Using VOP 5. Select the Configure Drive tab and enter the r equired information. Y ou w ill need customer input for the KMA ID, IP Address, and Passphrase. 6. Click Commit and r espond “Y es” to the set drive offline pop-up (if still online). The commit process takes about 30 second[...]

Using VOP 22 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 316196601 During the com mit proces s, the tape d rive goes of fline then IPLs to save th e new settings to the Dione card. Impor tant: When the drive comes back online, it is now using the new IP addr ess. 8 . T o c o n t i n u e w i t h t h e c o n f i g u r a t i o n a n d t o [...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 3 Virtual Operator Pan el 23 Diagnose Drive Tab Diagnose Drive T ab The Dione car d and the VOP Diagnose Driv e tab allow you to perform limit tests, get logs for engine ering review , an d to load Dione card firmware. Run LED Diagnostic T est T o run the LED diagnostic test: 1. Click on Run LED Diag. The display c[...]

Diagnose Drive Tab 24 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 316196601 Run Loopback T est T o run the Loopback diagnostic tes t: 1. Click on Run Loopb ack T est. 2. Observe the displa y as the test starts and ends. FIGURE 3-8 Run LED Diag[...]

316196601 • Revision: A Chapter 3 Virtual Operator Pan el 25 Diagnose Drive Tab Get Log I f a D i o n e c a r d o r c o n n e c t i o n i s c o n s i s tently having problems, engineer ing may request you retrieve a log of events from the Dione card. 1. Click Get Log. 2. Create and select a location for the file. Once the file has trans ferre d, [...]

Diagnose Drive Tab 26 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 316196601[...]

316196601 • Revision: A 27 Index B batch file ,1 9 C cartridge memory ,1 2 comparisons LT O t a p e d r i v e s ,3 media ,4 compatibility , media ,5 compliance regulations ,2 Configure Drive tab ,2 1 connecting to a Dione card ,9 conversion bills ,6 D Data Unit ,1 2 default IP addr ess ,9 , 2 0 Dione card ,7 components ,8 connections to ,9 defaul[...]

28 KMS: L TO4 T echnica l Brief • June 2008 Revision: A • 31 6196601 overview ,1 specifications ,3 LT O 4 i n t e r f a c e s ,1 M manual organization ,v manuals ,v media encryption-capability ,5 intr oduction ,1 RFID chip ,1 2 Mid-range class ,2 Monitor Drive tab ,1 7 N NIST 800-57 guidelines ,1 0 O operating systems, VOP ,1 8 order numbers ,6[...]

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