Installing An Encryption Accelerator Card - Nokia IP350 Appliance Installation Manual

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Installing and Replacing Other Components

Installing an Encryption Accelerator Card

Note
The IP350 does not support the optional encryption accelerator card.
This section contains information about the Nokia encryption accelerator card
for the IP380 appliance. The card provides high-speed cryptographic
processing that enhances VPN performance.
Both the IP350 and IP380 appliances provide built-in hardware-based
encryption acceleration. The IP380 also supports an optional encryption
accelerator card to further enhance VPN performance.
No hardware configuration is required for the encryption accelerators. The
built-in hardware encryption accelerators are enabled by default on both
appliances. Installing the optional encryption accelerator card on the IP380
automatically disables the built-in accelerator and enables the card. Removing
the card reverses the process.
You must, however, use Voyager to configure your software applications
(IPsec or Checkpoint VPN) to make use of the available hardware accelerator.
For details, see
page 71.
When you order an accelerator card with the appliance, the card is installed
before the appliance is delivered. This section provides instructions for
installing or replacing the card at a later time.
The IP380 appliances use a PMC format accelerator card. The accelerator
card has no external connections and requires no cables.
The accelerator card software package is part of IPSO, so the appliance
automatically detects and configures the card.
For tasks related to installing the encryption accelerator card, see the
following topics:
"Installing an Encryption Accelerator Card"
"Configuring Software to Use Hardware Acceleration"
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