Before you start

before deploying file encryption capabilities, you must meet the following prerequisites on the kmes series 3, 6 1 x kmes application branch perform the initial setup and configuration of the kmes series 3, including loading a platform master key, network setup, and remote management setup enable the data protection license on the kmes series 3 to learn more about enabling features on the kmes series 3, visit upgrading unit features in the kmes series 3 user guide unblock the host api port (2001 by default) on any firewalls the kmes series 3 is behind