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Cisco SME Tape Configuration
This chapter contains information about managing tapes that are encrypted using Cisco SME. It includes
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About Cisco Storage Media Encryption Tape Management

Once provisioned, Cisco SME provides transparency to hosts and targets. To manage the paths from a
hosts to tape devices, Cisco SME uses the following:
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Cisco SME provides the capability to export a volume group with an encryption password. This file
could later be imported to a volume group. Also, volume group filtering options provide mechanisms to
specify what type of information will be included in a specific volume group. For example, you could
filter information in a volume group by specifying a barcode range.
OL-18091-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
About Cisco Storage Media Encryption Tape Management, page 5-1
Adding Tape Groups, page 5-2
Deleting Tape Groups, page 5-6
Adding Tape Devices, page 5-7
Deleting Tape Devices, page 5-10
Adding Tape Paths, page 5-11
Adding Tape Volume Groups, page 5-14
Deleting Tape Volume Groups, page 5-16
Viewing Host Details, page 5-17
Viewing Tape Device Details, page 5-17
Tape group—A backup environment in the SAN. This consists of all the tape backup servers and the
tape libraries that they access.
Tape device—A tape drive that is configured for encryption.
Tape volume—A physical tape cartridge identified by a barcode for a given use.
Tape volume group—A logical set of tape volumes configured for a specific purpose. Using Cisco
SME, a tape volume group can be configured using a barcode range or a specified regular
expression. In an auto-volume group, a tape volume group can be the volume pool name configured
at the backup application.
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