Creating a server / ca root certificate – Brocade Mobility RFS7000-GR Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.1.0.0-040GR and later) User Manual

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Creating server certificates

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3. Click the Certificate Wizard button to create a self signed certificate, upload an external server

certificate (and/or a root certificate) or delete a server certificate (and/or a root certificate) of a
trustpoint. For more information, see

“Using the wizard to create a new certificate”

on

page 421.

4. Click the Transfer Trustpoints button to display a dialogue wherein the trustpoint files can be

sent to an external location through a user defined file transfer medium.

5. Click the Transfer button when ready to move the target file to the specified location. Repeat

the process as necessary to move each desired log file to the specified location.

6. Click the Abort button to cancel an active transfer before it is complete.

7. Click the Close button to exit the Transfer screen and return to the Trustpoint screen. Once the

file is transferred, there is nothing else to be saved within the Transfer screen.

Creating a Server / CA Root Certificate

To create a Server Certificate or import a CA Root Certificate:

Organizational Unit
(OU)

If a unit exists within the organization that is representative of the certificate
issuer, that name should be displayed here.

Common Name (CN)

If there is a common name (IP address) for the organizational unit issuing the
certificate, it displays here.

Validity

Issued On

Displays the date the certificate was originally issued.

Expires On

Displays the expiration date for the certificate.

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