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Guardian
Learn how Guardian provides comprehensive asset inventory and network visibility for OT and IoT environments.
Installation Guide
Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
Federal Information Processing Standards
FIPS mode status
When running in Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode, the sensor adds a FIPS indicator after the version string.

Guardian
Learn how Guardian provides comprehensive asset inventory and network visibility for OT and IoT environments.
- Introduction
  An overview of Guardian.
- Installation Guide
  Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
  - Introduction
  - Physical installation
  - Virtual installation
  - Container installation
  - Basic configuration
  - Additional settings
  - Compatibility Reference
  - Federal Information Processing Standards
    - Federal Information Processing Standards
      A description of the use of Federal Information Processing Standards in the Nozomi Networks software.
    - FIPS mode status
      When running in Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode, the sensor adds a FIPS indicator after the version string.
    - Enable FIPS mode
      It is important that you follow this procedure to make sure that you enable Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode correctly.
    - Disable FIPS mode
      Do this procedure to disable Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode.
- Administrator Guide
  Information and resources about the Administration section of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do in this part of the software.
- User Guide
  Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
- Maintenance Guide
  Information about the maintenance tasks of Guardian, to help you administer and maintain the solution in a production environment.
- Print format documentation
  A list of all the print-format documentation that is available for Guardian.

FIPS mode status

When running in Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode, the sensor adds a FIPS indicator after the version string.

In the Web user interface (UI), look to see if FIPS is shown after the version string.

If you want to add FIPS to the version string, you can enter the command:

n2os-version

If you want to check the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) status, you can enter the command:

n2os-fips-status

To support additional parameters for extended usage, you can enter the command:

n2os-fips-status [-h | -q]