Enabling Optional; Disconnecting And Reconnecting The Nshield Edge; Checking The Installation - Entrust nShield Connect Hardware And Setup Manual

Chapter 4. nShield USB HSMs
When the hardserver has restarted, you are ready to use the nShield Edge with the Security
World Software. Creating a Security World involves putting the nShield Edge into
Initialization (I) mode. See
4.2.3. Enabling optional features
The nShield Edge supports a range of optional features, which can be enabled with a
certificate or Activator card that you order from Entrust.
To enable optional features, follow the instructions in
security-world-docs/hsm-user-guide/hsm-mgmt/features.html, or follow the instructions
supplied with the certificate or Activator card.

4.2.4. Disconnecting and reconnecting the nShield Edge

After use, you can disconnect the nShield Edge from the computer's USB port, and then
reconnect it when you next need to use it. The hardserver stops and restarts automatically
each time you disconnect or connect the nShield Edge.
Do not use the Windows Safely Remove Hardware system tray icon
when disconnecting the nShield Edge. If you use this method, an error

displays. Simply disconnect the nShield Edge from the computer's USB
port.
Do not disconnect the nShield Edge or remove the smart card when data is being written to
the inserted smart card.

4.2.5. Checking the installation

To check that the software and nShield Edge have been installed correctly:
1. Log in as a user and open a command window.
2. Run the command:
enquiry
The following is an example of the output following a successful
Module ##: enquiry reply flags none enquiry reply level Six serial number ####-####-####-#### mode operational
version #.#.# speed index ### rec.
queue ##..## ... rec.
LongJobs queue ## SEE machine type ARMtype2 supported KML types DSAp1024s160 DSAp3072s256
nShield v13.6.5 Hardware Install and Setup
Guides
Changing the mode for more information.
https://nshielddocs.entrust.com/
command:
enquiry
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