Note Before an essential parameter is changed or deleted, or before a command is executed that may have drastic consequences, vcaadm prompts you to enter Y, Yes, N, or No to confirm. These values are not case sensitive; the default is No.

5. Verify the configuration information:

Board initialization parameters:

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Initial Security Officer Name: sec_officer

Keystore name: keystore_name

Run in FIPS 140-2 Mode: Yes

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Is this correct? (Y/Yes/N/No) [No]: y

Initializing crypto accelerator board...

Initializing the Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 Board to Use an Existing Keystore

If you are adding multiple boards to a single keystore, you might want to initialize all of the boards to use the same keystore information. In addition, you might want to restore a Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 board to the original keystore configuration. This section describes how to initialize a board to use an existing keystore which is stored in a backup file.

You must first create a backup file of an existing board configuration before performing this procedure. Creating and restoring a backup file requires a password to encrypt and decrypt the data in the backup file. Refer to “Backing Up the Master Key” on page 74.

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4000 specifications

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