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Flex System Security

The Lenovo Flex System products include features that can help you secure your environment. The following sections provide basic information about how some of these features work. You can use this information along with the documentation that comes with your Flex System products to help you evaluate and implement the security plan for your environment.

As you evaluate the security requirements of your environment, be sure to consider that unsecured systems-management tools can damage hardware and software. It is extremely important that you understand all security risks in your system environment and what you can do to minimize these risks.
Important
You are responsible for the evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls for your system environment. Implementing the security features that are described in this section does not secure your environment completely.
  • Security policies
    The Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) and other management devices each have their own independent security policies that control, audit, and enforce the security settings. The security settings include the network settings and protocols, password and firmware update controls, and trusted computing properties such as secure boot. The security policy is distributed to the chassis devices during the provisioning process.
  • Certificates
    The Certificate Authority (CA) is one of the Root Security Integrity Services that runs on the Chassis Management Module (CMM), and it provides the certificate management functions for the chassis.
  • General security considerations
    Consider the following information when you are evaluating the security requirements for your environment: