R211x-HP Flexfabric 11900 Security Configuration Guide
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The password for a device management local user and password for switching user roles depend
on password control policies. By default, the passwords must contain at least 15 characters and 4
character types of uppercase and lowercase letters, digits, and special characters.
Exiting FIPS mode
After you disable FIPS mode and reboot the device, the device operates in non-FIPS mode. The non-FIPS
device does not have the security requirements of FIPS mode, and does not perform self-tests on
cryptography modules.
The system provides two methods to exit FIPS mode: automatic reboot and manual reboot.
Automatic reboot
Select the automatic reboot method. The system automatically creates a default non-FIPS configuration
file named non-fips-startup.cfg, and specifies the file as the startup configuration file. The system reboots
the device by using the default non-FIPS configuration file. After the reboot, you are directly logged into
the device.
Manual reboot
This method requires that you manually complete the configurations for entering non-FIPS mode, and
then reboot the device. To log in to the device after the reboot, you must enter user information according
to the authentication mode. The following default authentication modes are available for different ports
or lines (you can modify the default mode as needed):
• The default authentication mode is password for VTY lines.
• The default authentication mode is none for a console port.
After you disable FIPS mode, follow these restrictions and guidelines before you manually reboot the
device:
• If you are logged in to the device through Telnet, perform the following tasks without exiting the
current user line:
{ Set the authentication mode to scheme.
{ Configure the username and password. (You can also use the username and password that are
being used.)
• If you are logged into the device through a console port, configure one of the following
authentication modes as needed:
{ Configure the password authentication mode and a password.
{ Configure the scheme authentication mode, and configure a new username and password (you
can also use the username and password that are being used).
{ Configure the none authentication mode.
To disable FIPS mode:
Ste
p
Command
Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view N/A
2. Disable FIPS mode.
undo fips mode enable
By default, the FIPS mode is
disabled.