Planning for the 2058 Cryptographic Accelerator

 

Depending on the system model you have, you can install up to a maximum of eight IBM^® Cryptographic Accelerators. You must ensure that your system meets the hardware and software requirements to use the Cryptographic Accelerator.

 

Hardware requirements

The IBM e-Business Cryptographic Accelerator (orderable feature code 4805, and hereafter referred to as the 2058 Cryptographic Accelerator). The 4805 feature is a standard PCI card, and is supported on the following models:

• eServer™ i5 520, 550, 570, and 595

• eServer i5 270, 810, 820, 825, 830, 840, 870, and 890

• eServer i5 expansion units 5074, 5075, 5078, 5079, 5088, 5094, 5095, 5294, and 5790

 

i5/OS and SSL requirements

The 2058 Cryptographic Accelerator requires OS/400^® V5R2M0 (Version 5 Release 2 Modification 0) software, or subsequent i5/OS™ software.

For systems running V5R3M0, the Cryptographic Access Provider 128-bit (5722-AC3) licensed program product must also be installed to enable the cryptographic functions in the software that SSL also uses.

 

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2058 Cryptographic Accelerator

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