User's Manual

CHAPTER 11
Managing Certificates
This chapter includes the following sections:
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Managing the Server Certificate, page 143
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Generating a Certificate Signing Request, page 143
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Creating a Self-Signed Certificate, page 145
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Uploading a Server Certificate, page 147
Managing the Server Certificate
You can generate a certificate signing request (CSR) to obtain a new certificate, and you can upload the new
certificate to the CIMC to replace the current server certificate. The server certificate may be signed either
by a public Certificate Authority (CA), such as Verisign, or by your own certificate authority.
Procedure
Step 1
Generate the CSR from the CIMC.
Step 2
Submit the CSR file to a certificate authority that will issue and sign your certificate. If your organization
generates its own self-signed certificates, you can use the CSR file to generate a self-signed certificate.
Step 3
Upload the new certificate to the CIMC.
The uploaded certificate must be created from a CSR generated by the CIMC. Do not upload a
certificate that was not created by this method.
Note
Generating a Certificate Signing Request
Before You Begin
You must log in as a user with admin privileges to configure certificates.
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