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● Enable FIPS mode from a console port.
CONFIGURATION
fips mode enable
The following warning message displays:
WARNING: Enabling FIPS mode will close all SSH/Telnet connections, restart those servers,
and destroy all configured host keys. Proceed (y/n) ?
Generating Host-Keys
The following describes hot-key generation.
When you enable or disable FIPS mode, the system deletes the current public/private host-key pair, terminates any SSH
sessions that are in progress (deleting all the per-session encryption key information), actually enables/tests FIPS mode,
generates new host-keys, and re-enables the SSH server (assuming it was enabled before enabling FIPS).
For more information, refer to the SSH Server and SCP Commands section in the Security chapter of the Dell Networking OS
Command Line Reference Guide.
Monitoring FIPS Mode Status
To view the status of the current FIPS mode (enabled/disabled), use the following commands.
● Use either command to view the status of the current FIPS mode.
show fips status
show system
Dell#show fips status
FIPS Mode : Enabled
for the system using the show system command.
Dell#show system
Stack MAC : 00:01:e8:8a:ff:0c
Reload Type : normal-reload [Next boot : normal-reload]
-- Unit 0 --
Unit Type : Management Unit
Status : online
Next Boot : online
Required Type : XML - 52-port GE/TE/FG (SE)
Current Type : XML - 52-port GE/TE/FG (SE)
Master priority : 0
Hardware Rev : 3.0
Num Ports : 64
Up Time : 7 hr, 3 min
Dell Version : XML-8-3-7-1061
Jumbo Capable : yes
POE Capable : no
FIPS Mode : enabled
Burned In MAC : 00:01:e8:8a:ff:0c
No Of MACs : 3
...
Disabling FIPS Mode
The following describes 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.
FIPS Cryptography
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