NSE: How to enable drive authentication on a NSE spare drive replacement
Applies to
- Self-encrypting drive (SED)
- NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) drive
- FIPS-certified drive
- ONTAP
Description
This article describes the procedure to assign drive ownership of a replacement self-encrypting drive (SED) and to rekey the replacement drive.
- NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) and SED drives are always encrypted regardless of the key ID in use.
- When a drive is replaced on a NSE storage system, the storage administrator must manually rekey the new spare drive with a valid key ID and authentication passphrase to protect the data on the drive.
- By default, the replacement SED is set with the MSID (Mfg Secure ID) of 0x0 and the drive is not securely protected or locked.
- An unlocked drive or a drive with an authentication key ID of 0x0 does not require a key ID or passphrase authentication for data access.
- It is extremely important to rekey the spare drive with the current key ID and lock the drive (ONTAP 8.3 and lower) to protect the data, prior to using the drive in production.