Users Guide

218 Configuring Security Features
Generating a New Certificate Signing Request
NOTE: Each new CSR overwrites any previous CSR on the firmware. Before a
certificate authority (CA) can accept your CSR, the CSR in the firmware must match the
certificate returned from the CA. Otherwise, the DRAC 5 will not upload the certificate.
1 In the SSL Main Menu page, select Generate a New Certificate Signing
Request (CSR)
and click Next .
2 In the Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) page, type a value for
each CSR attribute value.
Table 12-3 describes the
Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
page options.
3 Click Generate to save or view the CSR.
4 Click the appropriate Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) page
button to continue. Table 12-4 describes the buttons available on the
Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) .
Table 12-3. Generate Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Page Options
Field Description
Common Name 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 Name The name associated with this organization (for example, XYZ
Corporation). Only alphanumeric characters, hyphens,
underscores, periods and spaces are valid.
Organization Unit The name associated with an organizational unit, such as a
department (for example, Enterprise Group). Only
alphanumeric characters, hyphens, underscores, periods, and
spaces are valid.
Locality The city or other location of the entity being certified (for
example, Round Rock). Only alphanumeric characters and
spaces are valid. Do not separate words using an underscore or
some other character.