Rohde & Schwarz R&S Trusted Disk 3.3.1, Administration Manual

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Installation and full-disk encryption
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4 Installation and full-disk encryption
Contents
● System requirements .............................................................................................. 20
● Prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 20
● Installing R&S Trusted Disk .................................................................................... 21
● Initializing the full-disk encryption ............................................................................22
4.1 System requirements
Before installing R&S Trusted Disk on a workstation, make sure it fulfills the following
hardware and software requirements:
General requirements
Operating system
Hard disk drive
Smart card reader
Smart cards
Middleware/dependencies
Windows 7 (Legacy BIOS/MBR only, with SP1 installed) / 8.1 / 10
One internal hard disk drive supported for encryption (must run Windows)
See Chapter 7.3, "Compatible smart card readers" , on page 46
CardOS smart cards or Gemalto eTokens
See Chapter 3.2, "Installing the middleware and dependencies" ,
on page 11
The latest cumulative Windows update is needed on Windows 10 1507 (10240) UEFI.
We only support Windows versions that are still supported by Microsoft. For more infor-
mation, see
https://support.microsoft.com .
UEFI-based (GPT) Legacy BIOS-based (MBR)
Boot mode
UEFI version
Secure Boot
Hard disk drive
Partitions
Free disk space
UEFI
2.3.1 Errata C or later
Enabled (Windows 8.1 and later)
GPT-formatted
Windows and EFI system partition on
the same hard disk drive
50 MB on EFI system partition
Legacy BIOS
‒
‒
MBR-formatted (Microsoft, not OEM)
Windows on two partitions (boot parti-
tion and system partition)
50 MB on boot partition
4.2 Prerequisites
Before installing R&S Trusted Disk on a workstation, make sure you properly prepared
the installation. The following checklist provides an overview:
●
Middleware and dependencies installed (see Chapter 3.2, "Installing the middle-
ware and dependencies" , on page 11)
Prerequisites