fips mode enable

Use fips mode enable to enable FIPS mode.

Use undo fips mode enable to disable FIPS mode.

Syntax

fips mode enable

undo fips mode enable

Default

FIPS mode is disabled.

Views

System view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

Usage guidelines

This command is supported only on the default MDC.

After you enable FIPS mode and reboot the device, the device operates in FIPS mode. The FIPS device has strict security requirements, and performs self-tests on cryptography modules to verify that they are operating correctly.

After you execute the fips mode enable command, the system provides the following methods to enter FIPS mode:

• Automatic reboot

  Select the automatic reboot method. The system automatically performs the following tasks:

  1. Create a default FIPS configuration file named fips-startup.cfg.

  2. Specify the default file as the startup configuration file.

  3. Require you to configure the username and password for next login.

  You can press Ctrl+C to exit the configuring process so the fips mode enable command will not be executed.

  The system automatically uses the specified startup configuration file to reboot the device after you configure the administrator's username and password.

• Manual reboot

  This method requires that you manually complete the configurations for entering FIPS mode, and then reboot the device.

  To use manual reboot to enter FIPS mode:

  1. Enable the password control feature globally.

  2. Set the number of character types a password must contain to 4, and set the minimum number of characters for each type to one character.

  3. Set the minimum length of user passwords to 15 characters.

  4. Add a local user account for device management, including the following items:

     • A username.

     • A password that must comply with the password control policies.

     • A user role of network-admin or mdc-admin.

     • A service type of terminal.

  5. Delete the FIPS-incompliant local user service types Telnet, HTTP, and FTP.

  6. Save the configuration file and specify it as the startup configuration file.

  7. Delete the original startup configuration file in binary format.

  8. Reboot the device.

After the fips mode enable command is executed, the system prompts you to choose a reboot method. If you do not make a choice within 30 seconds, the system uses the manual reboot method by default.

After the undo fips mode enable command is executed, the system provides the following methods to exit FIPS mode:

• 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. After the device reboots, you must enter user information according to the authentication mode to log in to the device.

Examples

# Enable FIPS mode, and choose the automatic reboot method to enter FIPS mode.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] fips mode enable
FIPS mode change requires a device reboot. Continue? [Y/N]:y
Reboot the device automatically? [Y/N]:y
The system will create a new startup configuration file for FIPS mode. After you set the login username and password for FIPS mode, the device will reboot automatically.
Enter username(1-55 characters): root
Enter password(15-63 characters):
Confirm password:
Waiting for reboot... After reboot, the device will enter FIPS mode.

# Enable FIPS mode, and choose the manual reboot method to enter FIPS mode.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] fips mode enable
FIPS mode change requires a device reboot. Continue? [Y/N]:y
Reboot the device automatically? [Y/N]:n
Change the configuration to meet FIPS mode requirements, save the configuration to the next-startup configuration file, and then reboot to enter FIPS mode.

# Disable FIPS mode, and choose the automatic reboot method to enter non-FIPS mode.

[Sysname] undo fips mode enable
FIPS mode change requires a device reboot. Continue? [Y/N]:y
The system will create a new startup configuration file for non-FIPS mode and then reboot automatically. Continue? [Y/N]:y
Waiting for reboot... After reboot, the device will enter non-FIPS mode.

# Disable FIPS mode, and choose the manual reboot method to enter non-FIPS mode.

[Sysname] undo fips mode enable
FIPS mode change requires a device reboot. Continue? [Y/N]:y
The system will create a new startup configuration file for non-FIPS mode, and then reboot automatically. Continue? [Y/N]:n
Change the configuration to meet non-FIPS mode requirements, save the configuration to the next-startup configuration file, and then reboot to enter non-FIPS mode.

Related commands

display fips status