payShield 10K Installation and User Guide
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Appendix B - Configuring Ports Using the Console
This chapter describes how to physically configure the payShield HSM to work with the Host system via console
commands.
Note:
Host commands are disabled by default.
Entry of commands and data at the console is not case sensitive (i.e., A has the same effect as a). Spaces can be
inserted between characters to ease legibility during entry; they are ignored by the HSM. However, they cannot be
used between command characters (e.g. the LK command cannot be successfully entered as L K).
When entering sensitive (clear text) data, use the inhibit echo back facility to ensure that the HSM does not echo
the data to the console screen. This is set at configuration using the CS (Configure Security) command.
Instead of displaying the data, the HSM displays a star for each character entered.
Note:
New values take effect immediately after the command has completed. To exit out of any command
simultaneously press:
<Control> C
.
The system responds with:
Terminated
.
B.1 Configure the Management Port
The Management port is an Ethernet port that is used only for managing the HSM. It cannot be used to process host
commands.
An example of the CM command follows.
