Replacing Smart Cards Using Advanced Mode

Note In SME Disk cluster, replacing smart cards does not rewrap disk keys. This feature will be supported in a future release.

Detailed Steps

To replace a smart card (Advanced security mode), follow these steps:

1. Select Smartcards to display the smart card information for the cluster.

2. Select the smart card that you want to replace. Click Replace to launch the smart card replacement wizard.

3. Insert the new smart card. Click Next.

The SME Recovery Officer who owns the replacement smart card is prompted to log in and to insert the smart card to download the master key.

4. Enter the switch login information and the smart card PIN and label. Click Next.

Each member of the Cisco Recovery Officer quorum is requested to log in and present their smart card to authorize and authenticate the operation.

5. Insert one of the smart cards that stores the master key. Click Next.

6. Enter the switch login information and the smart card PIN and Label. Click Next. Do this for each of the smart cards.

7. Insert the smart cards belonging to each recovery officer in any order.

To store the new master keyshares, follow these steps:

a. Enter the switch login information, the PIN number for the smart card, and a label that will identify the smart card. Click Next.

A notification is shown that the first keyshare is successfully stored.

b. Enter the switch credentials and PIN information for the second recovery officer. Click Next.

A notification is shown that the second keyshare is successfully stored.

c. Enter the switch credentials and PIN information for the third recovery officer. Click Next.

A notification is shown that the third keyshare is successfully stored.

d. Enter the switch credentials and PIN information for the fourth recovery officer. Click Next.

A notification is shown that the fourth keyshare is successfully stored.

e. Enter the switch credentials and PIN information for the fifth recovery officer. Click Next.

A notification is shown that the fifth keyshare is successfully stored. Click Next to begin the automatic synchronization of volume groups.

You will see an indication that the operation is in progress and to wait until the synchronization of volume groups is completed.

8. The smart card replacement is completed. Click Close to return to the DCNM-SAN Web Client and to view the smart card information.

9. Select Smartcards to view the new smart card information. The smart card details display the old recovery shares and the new recovery shares.