Administrator Guide

Examples of the show fips status and show system Commands
The following example shows the show fips status command.
Dell#show fips status
FIPS Mode : Enabled
for the system using the show system command.
The following example shows the show system command.
Disabling FIPS Mode
When you disable FIPS mode, the following changes occur:
• The SSH server disables.
• All open SSH and Telnet sessions, as well as all SCP and FTP file transfers, close.
• Any existing host keys (both RSA and RSA1) are deleted from system memory and NVRAM storage.
• FIPS mode disables.
• The SSH server re-enables.
• The Telnet server re-enables (if it is present in the configuration).
• New 1024–bit RSA and RSA1 host key-pairs are created.
To disable FIPS mode, use the following command.
• To disable FIPS mode from a console port.
CONFIGURATION mode
no fips mode enable
The following Warning message displays:
WARNING: Disabling FIPS mode will close all SSH/Telnet connections, restart those servers,
and destroy
all configured host keys.
Proceed (y/n) ?
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