Task 4: Configuring HSM to Work with a Client System

Connecting with the client is done using Ethernet (port 1 or 2) and depends upon the port to which you connected with the HSM (in the following example, port 1 is used). Configure HSM to work with a client system by completing the following steps:

1. Using buttons A and B and the Rotating Switch on the nCipher front panel menu (see the Figure in Task 2: Configuring the HSM Ethernet Port), complete the following tasks:

   1. Press Button B to select System

   2. Press Button B to select System Configuration

   3. Scroll down using the Rotating Switch and press Button B to select Client Configuration

   4. Press Button B to select New Client

   

2. Enter the IP address for the client using the dotted decimal notation format.

3. Press Button B to display Client permissions.

   

4. Using the Rotating Switch, select privileged on any port for the client.

5. Press Button B to display the following message.

   

6. Using the Rotating Switch, select NO to indicate that you do not want to enroll using the nToken.

   Selecting this option means that the client is enrolled without nToken authentication.

7. When Finish is displayed, press Button B to end this operation.

8. Repeat this series of steps for each client that is involved.