Introduction; Prerequisites; Reference Hardware And Software - HP ActivCard Smart Card Configuration

This white paper discusses the implementation of ActivCard® smart cards on HP Consolidated Client
Infrastructure (CCI). This white paper is not intended as a comprehensive overview of ActivCard smart
card technology.
NOTE: The images and instructions in this white paper use Microsoft Windows XPe; however, HP also
tested procedures using Microsoft XP Professional and Microsoft Windows CE.NET.
NOTE: The images in this white paper were created using ActivClient™. For information about ActivCard
Gold™, see the ActivCard Gold user guide.

Introduction

Smart cards can provide additional security to a CCI implementation. This paper describes a smart card
reference implementation that you can use in a dynamic or a static CCI environment.

Prerequisites

This white paper assumes that the reader is familiar with CCI and has a working knowledge of Microsoft
Group Policies, Microsoft Certificate Authentication (CA), and setting up smart card readers and middle-
ware.

Reference hardware and software

The following list provides the reference hardware and software used to validate the CCI product with a
smart card:
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Load Balancer.
• HP Server running F5 networks BigIP version 4.6.4.
or
• HP Server running HP Session Allocation Manager version 1.0.
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Primary Domain Controller.
• HP server running Microsoft Windows Enterprise 2003 Server SP1. Configured as DNS,
DHCP, IIS, CA, and secure Web site server.
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VPN Tunnel.
•
Altiris Deployment Server.
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Network Switch.
• HP Procurve 2626.
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