User's Manual

Wireless Array
226 Configuring the Wireless Array
automatically creates a security certificate for that host name. That
certificate uses Xirrus as the signing authority. Thus, in order to avoid
having certificate errors on your browser when using WMI:
• You must have assigned a host name to the Array and rebooted at
some time after that.
• Use Import Xirrus Authority into Browser
• Access WMI by using the host name of the Array rather than its
IP address.
b. HTTPS (X.509) Certificate Signed By: This read-only field shows the
signing authority for the current certificate.
9. External Certification Authority
This Step and Step 10 allow you to obtain a certificate from an external
authority and install it on an Array. “Using an External Certificate
Authority” on page 213 discusses reasons for using an external CA.
For example, to obtain and install a certificate from VeriSign on the Array,
follow these steps:
• If you don’t already have the certificate from the external (non-
Xirrus) Certificate Authority, see Step 10 to create a request for a
certificate.
• Use Step 9a to review the request and copy its text to send to
Ver iS ign.
• When you receive the new certificate from VeriSign, upload it to the
Array using Step 9b.
External Certification Authority has the following fields:
a. Download Certificate Signing Request: After creating a certificate
signing request (.csr file — Step 10), click the View button to review it.
If it is satisfactory, click the name of the .csr file to display the text of
the request. You can then copy this text and use it as required by the
CA. You may also click on the filename of the .csr file to download it
to your local computer.