Installing and Enabling a Trusted Platform Module
The Trusted Platform Module (TPM, Cisco Product ID UCSX-TPM2-001) is a component that can securely store artifacts used to
authenticate the server. These artifacts can include passwords, certificates, or encryption keys. A TPM can also be used to store
platform measurements that help ensure that the platform remains trustworthy. Authentication (ensuring that the platform can prove
that it is what it claims to be) and attestation (a process helping to prove that a platform is trustworthy and has not been breached)
are necessary steps to ensure safer computing in all environments. It is a requirement for the Intel Trusted Execution Technology
(TXT) security feature, which must be enabled in the BIOS settings for a server equipped with a TPM.
Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) provides greater protection for information that is used and stored on the business server.
A key aspect of that protection is the provision of an isolated execution environment and associated sections of memory where
operations can be conducted on sensitive data, invisibly to the rest of the system. Intel TXT provides for a sealed portion of storage
where sensitive data such as encryption keys can be kept, helping to shield them from being compromised during an attack by malicious
code.
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