|
Home > |
Configuration Guide > Initializing an HSM (SO and Cloning Domain) > PED-Authenticated HSM > About Initializing a PED-Authenticated HSM
|
|---|
In this section, you initialize the HSM, and set any policies that you require. In normal operation, you would perform these actions just once, when first commissioning your SafeNet HSM.
Initialization prepares the HSM for use by setting up the necessary identities, ownership and authentication that are to be associated with the HSM. You must initialize an HSM one time before you can generate or store objects, allow clients to connect, or perform cryptographic operations.
If you have not used SafeNet HSMs and PED Keys before, please read the sub-section "PED Key Management Overview" in the Administration Guide, before you start initializing.
Once you have initialized an HSM, you would return to this section only to clear an entire HSM and all its contents and HSM Partitions, by re-initializing.
If you received your SafeNet HSM in Secure Transport Mode, then a preliminary step is required before you can initialize; see "Recover the SRK".
Otherwise, go directly to Initializing a SafeNet PED-Authenticated PCI-E HSM.