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1.
Uncheck the
Delayed Config Commits
button under
System > Administration
and click
Apply
2.
Click the
Commit Config
button in top right-hand corner of the screen to display the
System >
Commit Configuration
screen
3.
Click
Apply
to run the systemsettings configurator
The
Commit Config
button will no longer be displayed in the top right-hand corner of the screen and
configurations will no longer be queued.
10.6
FIPS Mode
The console servers use an embedded cryptographic module that has been validated to meet the FIPS
140-2 standards.
NOTE
Opengear console servers use an embedded OpenSSL cryptographic module that has been
validated to meet the FIPS 140-2 standards and has received Certificate #1051
When configured in FIPs mode all SSH, HTTPS and SDT Connector access to all services on the console
servers will use the embedded FIPS compliant cryptographic module. To connect you must also be using
cryptographic algorithms that are FIPs approved in your browser or client or the connection will fail.
1.
Select the
System > Administration
menu option
2.
Check
FIPS Mode
to enable FIPS mode on boot,
and check
Reboot
to reboot the console server
3.
Click
Apply
and the console server reboots. It takes several minutes to reconnect as secure
communications with your browser are validated, and when reconnected it will display
FIPs mode:
Enabled
in the banner
NOTE
To enable FIPS mode from the command line, login and run these commands:
config -s config.system.fips=on
touch /etc/config/FIPS
chmod 444 /etc/config/FIPS
flatfsd -b
The final command saves to flash and reboots the unit. The unit will take a few minutes to boot
into FIPS mode. To disable FIPS mode:
config -d config.system.fips
rm /etc/config/FIPS
flatfsd –b
