Certificate Generation

note.gif NOTE: Some features documented in this online help may not be available on your system's remote access controller (RAC).

Use this window to generate a certificate signing request (CSR). 

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Remote Access Controller Security Certificate Management

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U=User; P=Power User; A=Administrator; NA=Not Applicable. For more details on user privilege levels, see "Privilege Levels in the Server Administrator GUI."

Generating a Certificate

Generate a CSR by entering a value for each CSR generation field and clicking Generate.

notice.gif NOTICE: Each new CSR overwrites any pervious CSR on the firmware. It is important that the CSR on the firmware matches the certificate returned from a CA.

A CSR is a digital request to a CA for a secure server certificate. Secure server certificates ensure the identity of a remote system and ensure that information exchanged with the remote system cannot be viewed or changed by others. To ensure the security for your RAC, it is strongly recommended that you generate a CSR, submit the CSR to a CA, and upload the certificate returned from the CA.

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CSR Generation Fields

The following fields are required.

note.gif NOTE: Quotes are only valid entries for specific fields. Quotes are automatically added to entries that contain spaces when you generate the CSR.
Common Name (CN) The exact name being certified (usually the Web 
server's domain name; for example, www.xyzcompany.com). 
Only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, underscores, and periods are valid. Spaces are not valid.
Organization Unit (OU) The name associated with an organizational 
unit, such as a department (for example, Enterprise Server Group). Only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, underscores, periods, and spaces are valid.
Organization (O) The name associated with this organization 
(for example, XYZ Corporation). Only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, underscores, periods and spaces are valid.
Country Code (C) The name of the country where the entity applying 
for certification is located. Use the drop-down menu to select the country.
Locality (L) The city or other location of the entity being certified (for example, Round Rock). Only alpha-numeric characters and spaces are valid. Do not separate words using an underscore or some other character.
State (S) The state or province where the entity who is applying for a certification is located (for example, Texas). Only alphanumeric characters and spaces are valid. Do not use abbreviations.
File path The fully qualified directory and filename of the CSR file 
you are generating. This path is where the CSR will be saved on the managed system. The default path is the system directory path for Microsoft® Windows®, for example: OS directory:\WINNT\System32\filename where OS directory is the directory where the operating system is installed, and filename is the certificate filename specified by the user. If you are using Red Hat® Linux, the default path is the root directory.

The following field is optional.

E-mail Address (E) Your company's e-mail address. You may enter any e-mail address you want to have associated with the CSR.

Other Window Controls

Print Prints the contents of the window's data area using the default printer for your system.
Email E-mails the contents of this window to your designated recipient. See the Server Administrator User's Guide for instructions about configuring your Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) server.
Go Back to Certificate Management Page Returns to the previous window.
Generate Generates a CSR at the location designated in the File path field.

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