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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Using the NetBackup Deduplication Shell
  4. Managing FIPS mode from the deduplication shell
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Managing FIPS mode from the deduplication shell

You can use FIPS mode on a WORM or an MSDP storage server to conform to the Federal Information Process Standards (FIPS) 140-2. Use the following procedures to manage FIPS mode.

Viewing the FIPS mode

To check if FIPS mode is enabled or disabled

  1. Open an SSH session to the server as the msdpadm user, or for NetBackup Flex Scale, as an appliance administrator.
  2. Run the following command:

    setting FIPS status

Enabling FIPS mode

To enable FIPS mode

  1. Open an SSH session to the server as the msdpadm user, or for NetBackup Flex Scale, as an appliance administrator.
  2. Run the following command:

    setting FIPS enable

Disabling FIPS mode

To disable FIPS mode

  1. Open an SSH session to the server as the msdpadm user, or for NetBackup Flex Scale, as an appliance administrator.
  2. Run the following command:

    setting FIPS disable

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