Agent Manager leverages the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)-compliant security features available in Microsoft Windows to allow you to further secure your environment.
You can enable FIPS-compliant security algorithms only when monitoring Windows agents using Agent Manager version 6.5 or later.
Agent Manager does not support communication with legacy agents because the existing legacy agent communication protocol does not meet the requirements necessary to use the FIPS 140-2 Inside logo.
After you enable this setting, your central computer can communicate with Windows agents using only Agent Manager 6.5 or later.
NOTE:If you want to use FIPS-compliant security algorithms, NetIQ recommends that you enable the FIPS-compliant local security policy on all domain controllers in your environment.