measured-boot

Measured Boot is a mechanism to ensure that the integrity of the firmware and software running on a SLX hardware platform is maintained. This is ensured by the calculating a hash of the values of each stage in the boot process and comparing these values with the values stored on a remote verification server.

Syntax

measured-boot [ enable | disable ]

Modes

Global Configuration Mode

Parameters

enable: Enables the Measured Boot feature on this SLX device.
disable: Disables the Measured Boot feature on this SLX device.

Usage Guidelines

This configuration requires the SLX device to be rebooted.

Examples

The following is an example of enabling the Measured Boot feature on the SLX device.

SLX #configure terminal 
SLX (config)# measured-boot enable

The following is an example of disabling Measured Boot feature on the SLX device.

SLX # configure terminal
SLX (config)# measured-boot disable

Platform Availability

This command and mode is only available on the Extreme 8720 and Extreme 8520 devices.