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Encryption
This chapter provides an overview about encryption within IBM Spectrum Scale. You should be familiar with IBM Spectrum Scale basics, be able to create file systems and filesets, and have a basic understanding of the policy engine in order to understand how encryption is achieved in IBM Spectrum Scale.
This chapter includes a detailed step-by-step procedure on how to set up an environment for running an encrypted file system.
The following topics are presented in this chapter:
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