This white paper discusses the implementation of ActivCard® smart cards on HP Consolidated Client Infrastructure (CCI). This white paper is not intended as a comprehensive overview of ActivCard smart card technology.

NOTE: The images and instructions in this white paper use Microsoft Windows XPe; however, HP also tested procedures using Microsoft XP Professional and Microsoft Windows CE.NET.

NOTE: The images in this white paper were created using ActivClient™. For information about ActivCard Gold™, see the ActivCard Gold user guide.

Introduction

Smart cards can provide additional security to a CCI implementation. This paper describes a smart card reference implementation that you can use in a dynamic or a static CCI environment.

Prerequisites

This white paper assumes that the reader is familiar with CCI and has a working knowledge of Microsoft Group Policies, Microsoft Certificate Authentication (CA), and setting up smart card readers and middle- ware.

Reference hardware and software

The following list provides the reference hardware and software used to validate the CCI product with a smart card:

Load Balancer.

HP Server running F5 networks BigIP version 4.6.4. or

HP Server running HP Session Allocation Manager version 1.0.

Primary Domain Controller.

HP server running Microsoft Windows Enterprise 2003 Server SP1. Configured as DNS, DHCP, IIS, CA, and secure Web site server.

VPN Tunnel.

Altiris Deployment Server.

Network Switch.

HP Procurve 2626.

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HP ActivCard Smart Card manual Introduction, Prerequisites, Reference hardware and software