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Data Sheet
Cisco Storage Media Encryption for Tape
Product Overview
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Storage Media Encryption (SME) protects data at rest on heterogeneous tape drives and virtual tape
libraries (VTLs) in a SAN environment using highly secure IEEE Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithms.
Cisco SME hardware and software are fully integrated with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family portfolio. Encryption is
performed as a transparent Fibre Channel fabric service, which greatly simplifies the deployment and
management of sensitive data on SAN-attached storage devices. Unlike other approaches, Cisco SME requires
no downtime to deploy. Cisco SME is built on a system architecture based on Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS) and offers highly secure, comprehensive key management, with support for offline media
recovery (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Cisco SME System