## Replacing Smart Cards

This section describes how to replace smart cards for clusters.

Detailed Steps

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

1. Under Data Center Network Manager, click SME. The cluster list is displayed.

2. Click Smartcards. The Recovery shares details along with the associated list of smart cards is displayed.

3. Select the smart card that you would want to replace and click Replace Smartcard and Rekey Master Key.

The smart card replacement wizard is displayed.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

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

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