HPE FlexFabric 5940 SERIES User Manual

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{ A password that complies with the password control policies as described in step 2 and
step 3.
{ A user role of network-admin.
{ A service type of terminal.
5. Delete the FIPS-incompliant local user service types Telnet, HTTP, and FTP.
6. Enable FIPS mode.
7. Select the manual reboot method.
8. Save the configuration file and specify it as the startup configuration file.
9. Delete the startup configuration file in binary format (an .mdb file).
10. Reboot the device.
The system enters FIPS mode. You can use the configured username and password to log in to
the device in FIPS mode.
To enable FIPS mode:
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2. Enable FIPS mode.
fips mode enable
By default, the FIPS mode is
disabled.
Configuration changes in FIPS mode
When the system enters FIPS mode, the following system changes occur:
• The user login authentication mode can only be scheme.
• The FTP/TFTP server and client are disabled.
• The Telnet server and client are disabled.
• The HTTP server is disabled.
• SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c are disabled. Only SNMPv3 is available.
• The SSL server supports TLS1.0, TLS1.1, and TLS1.2.
• The SSH server does not support SSHv1 clients and DSA key pairs.
• The generated RSA and DSA key pairs must have a modulus length of 2048 bits.
When the device acts as a server to authenticate a client through the public key, the key pair for
the client must also have a modulus length of 2048 bits.
• The generated ECDSA key pairs must have a modulus length of more than 256 bits.
When the device acts as a server to authenticate a client through the public key, the key pair for
the client must also have a modulus length of more than 256 bits.
• SSH, SNMPv3, IPsec, and SSL do not support DES, 3DES, RC4, or MD5.
• The password control feature cannot be disabled globally. The undo password-control
enable command does not take effect.
• The keys must contain at least 15 characters and 4 character types of uppercase and
lowercase letters, digits, and special characters. This requirement applies to the following
passwords:
{ AAA server's shared key.
{ IKE pre-shared key.
{ SNMPv3 authentication key.

HPE FlexFabric 5940 SERIES Specifications

General

Brand	HPE
Model	FlexFabric 5940 SERIES
Category	Switch
Language	English