First Login and System Test
When starting up your SafeNet ProtectServer Network HSM Plus for the first time, follow these steps:
Access the Console
To test the system and configure the network, you must first access the SafeNet ProtectServer Network HSM Plus console. You must connect a terminal directly to the serial port on the front end of the appliance with a null modem serial cable. Use the console port to configure at least one of the network interfaces.
To access the console
1.Connect a null-modem serial cable (supplied) between the serial port on the HSM appliance front panel and a dumb terminal or a PC or laptop that will serve as the administration workstation.
2.Use a terminal emulation package provided with your operating system. Set the Serial connection parameters:
•Serial port baud rate: 115200
•N,8,1 (no parity, 8 data-bits, one stop-bit)
•VT-100 terminal emulation
•hardware flow control selected
Power on and Log in
Power on the SafeNet ProtectServer Network HSM Plus. Power-up is complete when the login prompt appears:
Protect Server External 5.7.0PSE+ login:
You can log in as admin or pseoperator to access the PSE shell (PSESH), which provides a CLI for configuring and managing the appliance. See the PSESH Command Reference Guide for command syntax. There is a third account, audit, which is used to configure audit logging on the appliance. This account cannot be used to perform administrative tasks.
The default passwords for the admin and pseoperator users are:
| User name | Default password |
|---|---|
| admin | password |
| pseoperator | password |
After logging in, you will be prompted to change the password for the account. Please remember your password. To change the account password at any time, login to the account and use the command user password.
The admin user can reset all account passwords to their factory defaults at any time with the PSESH command sysconf appliance factory. This command will also reset the SNMP and network settings to their factory defaults.
CAUTION! Executing sysconf appliance factory over an SSH connection may cause you to lose connection with the appliance when the IP address is reset. To avoid this, use a serial connection instead when using this command.
Run System Test
Before field testing and deployment, run the diagnostic utility. While logged in as the admin or pseoperator enter the command hsm state to display the current status:
psesh:>hsm state
HSM device 0: HSM in NORMAL MODE. RESPONDING to requests. Usage Level=0%
State = (0x8000, 0xffffffff)
Host Interface = PSIe2
Command Result : 0 (Success)
You can also use the PSESH command status to check each of the HSM's processes. See the PSESH Command Reference Guide for command syntax.
Continue to Network Configuration
