You can secure data with the encryption features that are supported by the DS8000® storage system. The DS8000 series supports data encryption by using IBM® Full Disk Encryption (FDE) feature and key managers, such as IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager.
Encryption technology has a number of considerations that are critical to understand to maintain the security and accessibility of encrypted data. For example, encryption must be enabled by feature code and configured to protect data in your environment. Encryption is not automatically activated because FDE drives are present.
It is important to understand how to manage IBM encrypted storage and comply with IBM encryption requirements. Failure to follow these requirements might cause a permanent encryption deadlock, which might result in the permanent loss of all key-server-managed encrypted data at all of your installations.