Trusted Boot prerequisites

The installation of Trusted Boot involves configuring the collector and the verifier.

When you prepare to reinstall the AIX® operating system on a system with Trusted Boot already installed, you must copy the /var/tss/lib/tpm/system.data file and use it to overwrite the file in the same location after the reinstallation completes. If you do not copy this file, you must remove the virtualized Trusted Platform Module from the management console and reinstall it on the partition.

Collector

The configuration requirements to install a collector involves the following prerequisites:
  • POWER7 hardware that is running on a 740 firmware release.
  • Install AIX 6 with 6100-07 or install IBM® AIX 7 with Technology Level 1 IBM AIX 7 with Technology Level 1.
  • Install Hardware Management Console (HMC ) version 7.4 or later.
  • Configure the partition with the VTPM and a minimum of 1 GB memory.
  • Install Secure Shell (SSH), specifically OpenSSH or equivalent.

Verifier

The openpts verifier can be accessed from the command-line interface and the graphical user interface that is designed to run on a range of platforms. The AIX version of the OpenPTS verifier is available on the AIX expansion pack. The versions of OpenPTS verifier for Linux® and other platforms are available through a web download. The configuration requirements include the following prerequisites:
  • Install SSH, specifically OpenSSH or equivalent.
  • Establish network connectivity (through SSH) to the collector.
  • Install Java™ 1.6 or later to access the openpts console from the graphical interface.