Install and configure FIPS for IPAM
- If you are installing IPAM 4.4 or later, see the instructions for the SolarWinds Orion Installer.
- This is the IPAM Legacy Installation Guide for versions 4.2 to 4.3.1.
You can run your IPAM product in FIPS-compliant (Federal Information Processing Standard) mode to comply with computer security and interoperability standards used by non-military US government agencies and contractors.
For the full list of tested Orion products for international standards for computer security, see this site. For a certification letter of Orion FIPS compliance, contact us with your request.
- If FIPS compliance is required, SolarWinds recommends that you enable FIPS as part of a fresh install instead of as part of an upgrade.
- Before you enable FIPS ensure that the hardware is FIPS-compliant. See the Microsoft Support knowledge base for more information.
- Not all Orion Platform products are FIPS-compliant. SolarWinds recommends that you install all FIPS-compliant SolarWinds software on FIPS-compliant servers and maintain all non-compliant SolarWinds software on non-compliant servers.
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1. Run the SolarWinds FIPS manager |
Start the SolarWinds FIPS 140-2 Manager ( By default, |
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2. Complete FIPS configuration |
Read the welcome text, and click Next. The SolarWinds FIPS 140-2 Manager confirms that the current configuration of your SolarWinds products is FIPS-compliant.
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3. Restart the server | Click Restart now to restart all relevant SolarWinds services. |
While the software is FIPS-compliant, you must choose to use FIPS-compliant polling methods, such as SNMPv3, to monitor and discover nodes.
FIPS-Compliant Methods for SNMPv3 | |
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Authentication |
SHA1 |
Privacy or encryption | AES128, AES192, AES256 |