Configure Application Partitions

This chapter describes how the Partition Security Officer (SO) configures a partition after receiving it from the HSM SO. The configuration tasks you need to perform depend on whether the partition is password-authenticated or PED-authenticated as follows:

Authentication	Tasks
Password	1.Initialize the Partition SO and Crypto Officer Roles on a PW-Auth Partition 2.Initialize the Crypto User Role on a PW-Authenticated Partition
PED	1.Initialize the Partition SO and Crypto Officer Roles on a PED-Auth Partition 2.Initialize the Crypto User Role on a PED-Authenticated Partition 3.Activate a PED-Authenticated Partition

Authentication

Tasks

Password

1.Initialize the Partition SO and Crypto Officer Roles on a PW-Auth Partition

2.Initialize the Crypto User Role on a PW-Authenticated Partition

PED

1.Initialize the Partition SO and Crypto Officer Roles on a PED-Auth Partition

2.Initialize the Crypto User Role on a PED-Authenticated Partition

3.Activate a PED-Authenticated Partition