Encryption recovery key

The system supports enablement of an encryption recovery key to supplement an existing encryption method (such as USB flash drives, key servers, or internal key management). The encryption recovery key can be used to bring the system’s encrypted storage back online after an outage.

The encryption recovery key is an ASCII string, which should be copied down and stored in a safe location, such as a password manager. Once enabled, the encryption recovery key can be supplied in place of a USB flash drives encryption key or key server encryption key to bring the system’s encrypted storage back online after an outage. The encryption recovery key is intended to supplement an existing encryption method (such as USB flash drives encryption, key server encryption, or internal key management encryption) and should not be used to ‘stand-alone’.

The encryption recovery key is recommended supplement encryption method while enabling the encryption method (such as USB flash drives encryption, key server encryption or internal key management encryption) on the management GUI.