HP Smart Card - Manual

A user manual for integrating smart card authentication solutions, specifically the HP ActivCard® smart card system within HP’s Consolidated Client Infrastructure (CCI), covers essential setup, configuration, and usage scenarios. This guide focuses on prerequisites–such as familiarity with CCI and Microsoft Group Policies–and outlines critical steps like configuring certificate templates in Active Directory, installing middleware drivers, and setting up smart card readers. It also details authentication workflows for logging into blade PCs via Remote Desktop (RDP), VPN connections, and secure website access using smart cards, including PIN initialization and certificate verification processes. Compatibility with various hardware and software components is emphasized to ensure seamless integration across the CCI environment.

Page 1 – Table of Contents for Smart Card Implementation Guide
Page 2 – White Paper Prerequisites for ActivCard® Implementation
Page 3 – Compatible Hardware and Software Configurations
Page 4 – Certificate Authentication Service Setup
Page 5 – Configuring New Certificate Templates
Page 6 – Certificate Template Request Handling Configuration
Page 7 – Certificate Template Permissions and Copying
Page 8 – Importing Certificate Templates into CA
Page 9 – Smart Card Group Policy Settings
Page 10 – Middleware and Smart Card Driver Configuration
Page 11 – Smart Card Reader Setup and Initialization
Page 12 – Verifying Smart Card Reader Functionality
Page 13 – Initializing Smart Card with ActivCard Utility
Page 14 – Initializing Smart Card via HPSAM Client
Page 15 – Initializing Smart Card with SAM Client
Page 16 – Requesting Digital Certificates via Certificate Services
Page 17 – Advanced Certificate Request Completion
Page 18 – Verifying Installed Smart Card Logon Certificates
Page 19 – Smart Card User Authentication Usage Cases
Page 20 – Smart Card Access for Blade PC Login and Web Access
Page 21 – VPN Setup for User Authentication to Blade PC
Page 22 – Configuring VPN Connection Details
Page 23 – VPN Connection Initialization with Smart Card
Page 24 – Post-Connection Notification and Support Information

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Implementation of an ActivCard® smart card solution on HP CCI

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Reference hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Configuration compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Software configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 1: Configuring a Certificate Authentication (CA) service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Step 2: Group policy setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Step 3: HP blade PC middleware configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Step 4: Client smart card driver configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Smart card setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Initialization of the smart card using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Initialization of the smart card using HP Session Allocation Manager Client (HPSAM Client) . 14
Requesting a certificate from the blade PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Usage cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Usage case 1: User authentication from client device to blade PC using RDP . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Usage case 2: User authentication from client device to blade PC using HPSAM client . . . . 19
Usage case 3: Accessing secure Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Usage case 4: User authentication using VPN through firewall to blade PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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About this manual

Brand: HP
Model: Smart Card
Document type: Manual
Language(s): English
Pages: 24
File size: 2.2 MB
Format: PDF

Summary

Page 1 - Table of Contents for Smart Card Implementation Guide

Outline of the guide covering prerequisites, software configuration steps, smart card setup, and usage cases for authentication scenarios.

Page 2 - White Paper Prerequisites for ActivCard® Implementation

Prerequisites for implementation, including familiarity with CCI and Microsoft Group Policies, and reference hardware and software configurations for validation.

Page 3 - Compatible Hardware and Software Configurations

List of supported blade enclosures, PCs, clients, smart card readers, ActivCard middleware versions, and compatibility between thin clients/desktops and smart card readers.