Connect to the HSM through the front USB port

for both excrypt manager and fxcli, you must connect your laptop to the front usb port on the hsm choose one of the following methods to connect to the hsm excrypt manager perform the following steps to use excrypt manager to connect to the hsm open excrypt manager and select \[ refresh ] in the lower right corner of the connection page then, select usb connection and select \[ connect ] log in with both default admin identities change the default admin passwords for both your default admin identities ( admin1 and admin2 ) to load the major keys onto the hsm to do so through excrypt manager, perform the following steps open the identity management menu, select the first default admin identity ( admin1 ), and select \[ change password ] enter the old and new password twice select \[ ok ] perform the same steps for the second default admin identity ( admin2 ) fxcli perform the following steps to use fxcli to connect to the hsm start the fxcli application and run the following commands fxcli connect usb login user the login command prompts for the username and password you must run the command twice to log in with both default admin identities change the default admin passwords for both of your default admin identities to load the major keys onto the hsm use the following fxcli commands to change the passwords for each default admin identity fxcli user change password u admin1 user change password u admin2 the preceding user change password commands prompt you to enter the old and new passwords