FIPS-140-2
The Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 (FIPS-140-2) is a standard that defines a set of security requirements for the use of cryptographic modules. Law mandates this standard for the US government agencies and contractors and is also referenced in other international and industry specific standards.
IBM Storage Fusion Data Foundation now uses the FIPS validated cryptographic modules. Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS/CoreOS (RHCOS) delivers these modules.
Currently, the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) processes the cryptography modules.
You can see the state of these modules in the Modules in Process List. For more up-to-date information, see
the RHEL core
crypto components Knowledgebase on the Red Hat Customer
Portal.
Note: Enable the FIPS mode on the OpenShift
Container Platform, before you install Fusion Data Foundation.
OpenShift Container Platform must run on the RHCOS nodes, as the feature does not support Fusion Data Foundation deployment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
(RHEL 7).
For more information, see within the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform product documentation.