## Managing Replication with SME

SME supports replication through Disk key replication (DKR). DKR simplifies the key management of the source and destination disk by automating the propagation of the source disk key to destination disk. SME Disk Clusters are of two modes:

• Non-signature cluster

• Signature cluster

Replication management is the same for both the cluster modes. Replication management consists of following steps:

• Extraction of replication relationship using array vendor specific technology. The output of this step results in identifying the source and destination disk relationship based on the SCSI properties of the vendor, product. and device identifiers.

• Importing the replication relationship information into SME through DKR using DCNM.

Note Ensure you manage all SME configuration operations on the disks in a DKR relationship through DCNM only.