Cisco Systems OL-25111-01 manual Enabling and Disabling Fips on a Windows Server

Chapter 1 Prerequisites

Terminal Server Support for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008

Note Choosing a complex address makes it less likely that you will choose an address being used by another customer. This can prevent accidental licensing overlap between different customers.

Step 7 Click OK.

Terminal Server Support for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008

You can install Service Monitor on a system with Terminal Services enabled in Remote Administration mode. However, you cannot install Service Monitor on a system with Terminal Services enabled in Application mode.

If you have enabled Terminal Services in Application mode, you should disable the Terminal Server, reboot the system, and start the installation again.

Table 1-2summarizes the Terminal Services features in Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Server.

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Table 1-2 Terminal Services on Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Server

Windows 2003 /Windows 2008
Server	Features
Terminal Server	Remote access and virtual system. Each client has its own virtual
	OS environment.
Remote Desktop Administration	Remote access only. All clients use the same (and the only)
	operating system.
	Note Do not use terminal services to perform day-to-day tasks in
	Cisco Unified Communications Management Suite
	applications, such as viewing the Service Level View in
	Operations Manager or viewing reports in Service Monitor.

Enabling and Disabling Terminal Services on a Windows Server

To enable or disable Terminal Server, go to Manage Your Server > Add or Remove a Role > Terminal Server.

To enable or disable Remote Desktop Administration, go to Control Panel > System > Remote.

Enabling and Disabling FIPS on a Windows Server

Sometimes, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) compliant encryption algorithms are enabled for Group security policy on Windows server.

When FIPS compliance is activated, the SSL authentication may fail on the Service Monitor server. To allow Service Monitor to work properly, disable FIPS compliance.

To enable or disable FIPS on Windows 2003 server:

Step 1 Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative tools > Local Security Policy.

Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Service Monitor

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