Encryption Support

Catalogic DPX Software Encryption Support

The requirements for the Catalogic DPX Device Servers in the following list must be met for software encryption. Encryption support is limited to the Catalogic DPX Basic Clients. The following Device Servers support software encryption compatibility:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2022

• Microsoft Windows Server 2019

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 and later

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and later

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Linux 7 and later

• IBM AIX 6 or later.

Catalogic DPX Hardware Encryption Support

You can use the Catalogic DPX hardware encryption with the following tape media:

Device Server (File support) / Proxy Server (NDMP support)	IBM LTO [1,2]	HPE LTO [1,3]	Quantum LTO [1,4]
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2	✅	❌	❌
IBM AIX 6 and later	✅	✅	✅
NetApp [5]	✅	✅	✅

Note:

1. Encryption support is limited to the Catalogic DPX File Level backup.

2. IBM Drives with IBM driver.

3. HP Drives with BEXSPTAPE interface.

4. Quantum Drives with BEXSPTAPE interface.

5. NDMP hardware encryption requires that the tape device be connected to a NetApp Storage System. Clustered Data ONTAP virtual storage server (Vserver) support is available with Data ONTAP 8.2 and later. Tape Drive is local or connected to another NetApp controller.

NDMP Encryption Compatibility

The requirements for the Catalogic DPX proxy servers in the table below must be met. NDMP hardware encryption requires that the tape device be connected to a NetApp Storage System. Clustered Data ONTAP SVM support is available with Data ONTAP 8.2 and later. For supported NDMP Proxies, see OS compatibility tables.