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2. Click Certificate in the side navigation bar. The RPM Server Certificate Properties window
will open.
3. Click Get CSR. A File Download dialog box will appear.
4. Click Open. The CSR is downloaded and displays in the configured text editor.
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Click Save. The Save As dialog box will appear. Select a directory and filename and
click Save to save the CSR.
5. Submit the CSR generated request to a CA to obtain a signed server certificate.
6. Update the Rack Power Manager server to use the certificate created by the CA.
To update certificate information on the Rack Power Manager server:
NOTE: You may also update a spoke server certificate on a hub server and update a hub server certificate on a
spoke server; see Managing hub and spoke server certificates on page 67.
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Certificate in the side navigation bar. The RPM Server Certificate Properties window
will appear.
3. Click Update. The Update RPM Server Certificate Wizard will appear.
4. The Select Operation to Perform window will open.
• Select Create a new self-signed SSL server certificate to create a minimal security SSL
certificate without incurring the costs and overhead involved with a Certificate
Authority (CA). Click Next, then go to step 5.
• Select Import a signed SSL server certificate to import a more secure SSL certificate
that has been approved (perhaps by a CA). The public key of the imported certificate
must match the public key in the certificate that the Rack Power Manager server is
currently using. This requires that both certificates be made on the same Rack Power
Manager server. Click Next, then go to step 6.
5. The Type in Certificate Information window will open.
a. Type the name of the computer that will serve as the Rack Power Manager server on
your intranet in the Common Name field. If the Rack Power Manager server is outside
the intranet, type the server’s full domain name in dot notation format
(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
b. Type the name of the organization (or country).
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