Method for maintenance or exchange of encryption function in storage system and storage device

摘要

In order to quickly perform maintenance or exchange of a controller of a storage device having an encryption function in a storage system, a first controller in a Ready state spoofs a second controller subjected to maintenance or exchange to acquire key information from a key management server and to store the information in a memory, and a second controller reads the key information from the memory of the first controller to store the information in an own memory to convert the second controller into a Ready state. Then, the first controller deletes acquired key information from an own memory to convert the controller into a Halt state.

主权项

1. A storage device connected to a host computer, comprising:
a disk drive device constituted of a plurality of disks for storing encrypted data, a first controller for performing control of transceiving data between the first controller and the host computer, and a second controller for maintenance or exchange for performing control of transceiving data between the second controller and the host computer, wherein the first controller has a means for using information on authentication and identification of the second controller as acquired from a managing server to access a key management server and to acquire key information, and a means for storing in a memory the key information of the second controller as acquired from the key management server, and the second controller has a means for reading the key information from the memory of the first controller to write the information in a memory, and a means for setting the second controller per se in a Ready state.