Prerequisites:
- You have already set the
Workbench option,
Show FIPS Options, to “true” (under ).
NOTE: Step 1 must be done in non-FIPS mode otherwise you will not be able connect to the remote host with the factory default credentials.
Perform the following steps:
- Connect to a clean remote host. Before completing the connection you are required to change the default credentials via the
Change Defaults Wizard.
Note that this change is required for security reasons and is invoked anytime factory default credentials are detected.
- On the first pane in the Change Defaults Wizard, ensure that the FIPS 140-2 option is selected.
NOTE: If you do not see this option, make sure that the Show FIPS Options property under is set to "true". This will ensure that the system passphrase and user password that you enter are FIPS-compliant.
- In Platform Administration view, click Commissioning to commission the controller, and click the
FIPS 140-2 option.
- On the License step, select a license for this host that contains the "fips140-2" feature.
- Optionally, on the Install a station step, select a station to install.
NOTE: A station may be installed during commissioning or after.
The requirement to install a FIPS license ensures that the system passphrase and user passwords were entered with the FIPS
option set. If the
FIPS 140-2 option was not set in the Change Defaults Wizard, the system passphrase and user passwords can be edited at a later time via the Platform Administration view, with the
FIPS 140-2 option set there.
Also, if you try to commission a JACE whose passwords were not set in FIPS mode with a FIPS license, you will be given the opportunity to set them during the commissioning
process.