IPMI Interface for each appliance- Fortanix recommends reserving and configuring a static address in the BIOS when racking the appliance. The address may also be changed through the IPMI interface if needed. For more information, refer toFortanix IPMI Setup for FX2200 Series II .
Ethernet Interface- Reserve and configure IP addresses for each appliance for Ethernet. There are two Ethernet interfaces on the FX2200 II appliances and can be bonded.
Virtual IP (External load balancing)– If you wish to let the cluster perform its own load balancing, reserve an IP address for the keep a lived service running on the Fortanix-Data-Security-Manager (DSM) cluster.
Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) is the world’s first cloud service secured with Intel® SGX. With Fortanix DSM, you can securely generate, store, and use cryptographic keys and certificates, as well as other secrets such as passwords, API keys, tokens, or any blob of data. Your business-critical applications and containers can integrate with Fortanix DSM using legacy cryptographic interfaces (PKCS#11, CNG, and JCE) or using the native Fortanix DSM RESTful interface.
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