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Operating in FIPS-Only Mode

To help ensure that the entire organization is operating CA DMM in FIPS-only mode, you must install CA DMM in FIPS-only mode. If users are executing CA DMM from a shared location, you must do one of the following so that CA DMM always operates in FIPS-only mode:

• Provide the /FIPSONLY switch through the CLI in the options file along with the other relevant options. For more information about this switch, see the Reference Guide.
• Verify that CA ITCM is installed in FIPS-only mode of operation on computers where CA DMM in installed.
• Verify that the Settings.xml file in the shared folder is from a FIPS-only installation.
• Select the FIPS-only mode of operation using the Options Editor. For more information, see the Options Editor Help.