Introduction; About This Guide - Entrust nShield Solo Installation Manual

1. Introduction

The Entrust nShield Solo and Solo XC are Hardware Security Modules (HSM) for servers
and appliances.

1.1. About this guide

This guide includes:
• Installing the nShield Solo and nShield Solo XC. See
• Installing the Security World Software. See
• Steps to check the installation. See
• A description of the module status indicators. See
• Instructions about removing existing software. See
See the User Guide for more about, for example:
• Creating and managing a Security World
• Creating and using keys
• Card sets
• The advanced features of an nShield Solo and nShield Solo XC.
For information on integrating Entrust nShield products with third-party enterprise
applications, see https://www.entrust.com/digital-security/hsm.
1.1.1. Model Numbers
The table below shows the different versions of the module. The letter x represents any
single-digit integer. Model number
Model number
xC3xxxE-xxx
xC4xxxE-xxx
xC30x5E-xxx
xC40x5E-xxx
nShield® Solo and nShield® Solo XC Installation Guide
Installing the
Checking the
Used for
nShield Solo PCIe
nShield Solo XC PCIe
Installing the module.
software.
installation.
Status indicators.
Uninstalling existing software.
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