This command applies to any individual storage array, including the E2700, E5600, E2800, E5700, EF600 and EF300 arrays, as long as all SMcli packages are installed.

To execute this command on an E2800, E5700, EF600, or EF300 storage array, you must have the Security Admin role.

When any security-capable drive in the storage array is assigned to a secured volume group or disk pool, that drive will be security-enabled using the security key. Before you can set the security key, you must use the create storageArray securityKey command to create the security key.

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Security-capable drives have hardware to accelerate cryptographic processing and each has a unique drive key. A security-capable drive behaves like any other drive until it is added to a secured volume group, at which time the security-capable drive becomes security-enabled.

Whenever a security-enabled drive is powered on, it requires the correct security key from the controller before it can read or write data. So, a security-enabled drive uses two keys: the drive key that encrypts and decrypts the data and the security key that authorizes the encryption and decryption processes. The set storageArray securityKey command commits the security key to all of the controllers and security-enabled drives in the storage array. The full disk encryption feature ensures that if a security-enabled drive is physically removed from a storage array, its data cannot be read by any other device unless the security key is known.

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