Rohde & Schwarz R&S Trusted Disk 3.3.1 - R&S Trusted Disk Installation and Encryption; System Requirements; Prerequisites

Installation and full-disk encryption
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Contents
● System requirements.............................................................................................. 20
● Prerequisites........................................................................................................... 20
● Installing R&S Trusted Disk.................................................................................... 21
● Initializing the full-disk encryption............................................................................22
4.1 System requirements
Before installing R&S Trusted Disk on a workstation, make sure it fulfills the following
hardware and software requirements:
General requirements
Operating system
Hard disk drive
Smart card reader
Smart cards
Middleware/dependencies
Windows 7 (Legacy BIOS/MBR only, with SP1 installed) / 8.1 / 10
One internal hard disk drive supported for encryption (must run Windows)
See Chapter 7.3, "Compatible smart card readers", on page 46
CardOS smart cards or Gemalto eTokens
See Chapter 3.2, "Installing the middleware and dependencies",
on page 11
The latest cumulative Windows update is needed on Windows 10 1507 (10240) UEFI.
We only support Windows versions that are still supported by Microsoft. For more infor-
mation, see https://support.microsoft.com.
UEFI-based (GPT) Legacy BIOS-based (MBR)
Boot mode
UEFI version
Secure Boot
Hard disk drive
Partitions
Free disk space
UEFI
2.3.1 Errata C or later
Enabled (Windows 8.1 and later)
GPT-formatted
Windows and EFI system partition on
the same hard disk drive
50 MB on EFI system partition
Legacy BIOS
‒
‒
MBR-formatted (Microsoft, not OEM)
Windows on two partitions (boot parti-
tion and system partition)
50 MB on boot partition
4.2 Prerequisites
Before installing R&S Trusted Disk on a workstation, make sure you properly prepared
the installation. The following checklist provides an overview:
●
Middleware and dependencies installed (see Chapter 3.2, "Installing the middle-
ware and dependencies", on page 11)
Prerequisites