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What is the difference between primary and secondary external key servers?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.11.1
  • External Key Manager (EKM)

Answer

  • Primary and Secondary key servers were introduced in ONTAP 9.11 to avoid duplicate keys in clustered key servers.  
  • Keys are only registered to the Primary, Secondaries will only receive keys from the Primary key server when the EKM cluster syncs.  
  • If the Primary is inactive, the keys will write to the Secondary key server.

Additional Information

Configure clustered external key servers

 

 

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