Use this feature only if you are sure that your environment requires this restriction.
Secure Configuration Manager supports Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 communication among the product components. You can configure the UNIX agent and UNIX Agent Manager to restrict all communication to FIPS certified encryption algorithms. Be aware that when you configure UNIX Agent Manager to use only these communication algorithms, UNIX Agent Manager cannot communicate with any UNIX agent that does not also use these algorithms. Also, if you configure UNIX Agent Manager to use these algorithms, you cannot deploy a UNIX agent to a remote computer.
NOTE:The Secure Configuration Manager Core Services can communicate with a FIPS-enabled agent. However, if you have not specified FIPS communication for the Core Services Configuration Utility, the communication will not use FIPS-certified algorithms and your environment will not be FIPS compliant. For more information, see the User Guide for Secure Configuration Manager.