Cisco Networking Products:

• C200 M1 High-Density Rack-Mount Server
• C200 M2 High-Density Rack-Mount Server
• C200 M2 Server for Cisco DMS Applications
• C200 M2 Small Form Factor
• C210 M1 General-Purpose Rack-Mount Server
• C210 M2 General-Purpose Rack-Mount Server
• C250 M1 Extended-Memory Rack-Mount Server
• C250 M2 Extended-Memory Rack-Mount Server
• C260 M2 Rack-Mount Server

The Trusted Platform Module (TPM Cisco Product ID UCSX-TPM1-001) 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.

TPM is a factory-configurable option for this server. 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. A TPM can not be added later by customers or moved from one server to another.