This topic outlines the necessary task that you must perform to validate that Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode is activated on the vSphere Replication appliance.

Procedure

  1. Validate the kernel command line. Run the following command.
    cat /proc/cmdline
  2. Validate that the kernel has activated FIPS mode. Run the following command.
    cat /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled
  3. Validate that the dr-configurator has activated FIPS mode. Run the following command.
    grep "FIPS" /var/log/vmware/dr/drconfig*
  4. Validate that hms has activated FIPS mode. Run the following command.
    grep "FIPS" /opt/vmware/hms/logs/hms.log
  5. Validate that hbrsrv has activated FIPS mode. Run the following command.
    grep "FIPS" /var/log/vmware/hbrsrv.log
  6. Validate UI strict mode.
    All UI features must be available and work as expected.