Cisco HX Data Platform Edge Encryption Using ESXi VMCrypt
Cisco HX Data Platform Edge Encryption Using ESXi VMCrypt
34 Pages© 2022 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 34 Cisco HX Data Platform Edge Encryption Using ESXi VMCrypt Version 2.1 White paper Cisco public © 2022 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 34 Contents Document information 3 Prerequisites 3 Introduction 3 Cisco HyperFlex (Cisco HX) Edge architecture 4 HX data security 9 Setting up vCenter with Thales Vormetric DSM 14 Turning on encryption 18 HXDP test bed 20 Test results: Cisco HxBench VM unencrypted vs. encrypted 22 Conclusion 24 References 24 Appendix A. Cisco HxBench configuration information 25 Appendix B. vCenter and DSM configurations 30 © 2022 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Page 3 of 34 Document information Table 1. Document Summary Docu
