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Aegis 

Fortress L3

User

Guide

Remember to save your PIN in a safe 

place.  If lost or forgotten, there is no way 

to access the drive.

Summary of Contents for Aegis Fortress L3

Page 1: ...Aegis Fortress L3 User Guide Remember to save your PIN in a safe place If lost or forgotten there is no way to access the drive ...

Page 2: ...EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID Revised November 2018 Table of Contents About the Aegis Fortress L3 4 Aegis Fortress Connections 5 Aegis Fortress Keypad Panel 6 First Time Use 6 LED States and Their Meaning 7 Locking the Drive 8 Unlocking the Drive 8 Admin Mode 8 Changing the Admin PIN 8 Adding a New User PIN 9 Deleting the User PINs 10 Changing the User PIN 10 Setting ...

Page 3: ...designed and built to meet NIST FIPS 140 2 Level 3 requirements pending 4Q 2018 This complete FIPS validation includes the encryption module all electronics the hard drive and the enclosure itself within the certification boundary The Fortress L3 s membrane type polymer coated keypad is resistant to wear from repetitive button presses impervious to dust and grit and with software free setup and op...

Page 4: ...below PINs must be a minimum length of 7 and a maximum of 16 digits By default minimum is set to 7 but can be programmed to be up to 16 for enhanced security Cannot contain all consecutive numbers 2345678 or 9876543 Cannot contain all same number 1111111 Aegis Fortress Keypad Panel 3 2 1 No LEDs Drive locked power switch is off device unplugged Blinking RED Error incorrect button entry Mode Not Av...

Page 5: ...ess or deploy it for use where the User does not require access to the device s Admin features While Users have limited functionality and no Admin rights to the drive they can still access its data change their own PINs and set the drive to Read Only or Read Write mode There are two ways to establish a User PIN Admin generated while in Admin Mode or User generated while in User Forced Enrollment S...

Page 6: ... regain access the device s data 1 Enter the Admin mode Hold 0 for five seconds With the RED LED blinking enter the Admin PIN and press the button The BLUE LED will now glow steadily 2 Press the 8 buttons The GREEN LED will blink three times by itself and then will be joined by a steady BLUE LED 3 Enter the Recovery PIN and press the button If PIN is accepted the GREEN LED will blink three times 4...

Page 7: ...by the Admin the Admin is the only one that can change the drive back to Read Write mode When the drive is unlocked in Read Only mode the GREEN LED will glow steadily and the RED LED will blink once every three seconds Setting Read Only or Read Write From the User mode To Set the Drive to Read Only 1 Plug device into USB port The RED LED will glow steadily 2 Press the r o 7 6 buttons together for ...

Page 8: ...ss will return to the Admin mode indicated by the BLUE LED glowing solidly If the numeric entry is below 07 or greater than 16 the RED LED will blink three times indicating entry error and your command will not be accepted Lock Override Mode Certain users may encounter a case where they need the drive to remain unlocked during a reboot passing the device through a virtual machine or other similar ...

Page 9: ...s important to have a last resort level of security where sensitive data falling into the wrong hands must be avoided The Fortress Self Destruct PIN defends against physically compromising situations by erasing the device s contents leaving it to look as if it never had any data written to it USE WITH CAUTION When this mode is activated and the device is unlocked with the Self Destruct PIN it will...

Page 10: ...ing steadily 3 The drive is now in Admin mode where Admin features can be set e g adding a User 4 If no further user s or functions are to be added you can exit the Admin mode by pressing the button and the drive will return to the locked standby state If no action is taken within 30 seconds the drive will return to its locked sleep state GREEN LED will blink if the PIN is accepted If the PIN is N...

Page 11: ...link Upon completion the BLUE LED will glow steadily Example VERSION 4 1 would be indicated by four BLUE LED blinks one RED LED blink one BLUE LED blink and one RED LED blink then revert to the BLUE LED glowing steadily 3 To check the keypad s button functionality press each button and the number of the button pressed will be expressed by the RED LED blinking Example 1 Button 1 blink 2 Button 2 bl...

Page 12: ...COME THE PROPERTY OF APRICORN THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT EXTEND TO ANY PRODUCT NOT PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM APRICORN OR AN AUTHORIZED RESELLER OR TO ANY PRODUCT THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED OR RENDERED DEFECTIVE 1 AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT MISUSE NEGLECT ABUSE OR FAILURE AND OR INABILITY TO FOLLOW THE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THIS INSTRUCTION GUIDE 2 BY THE USE OF PARTS NOT MANUFACTURED OR SOLD BY APRIC...

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