Brocade Mobility 5181 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0) - Manual (Page 72)

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Managing Certificate Authority (CA) certificates
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Creating self certificates for accessing the VPN
The Mobility 5181 Access Point requires two kinds of certificates for accessing the VPN, CA
certificates and self certificates. Self certificates are certificate requests you create, send to a
Certificate Authority (CA) to be signed, then import the signed certificate into the management
system.
CAUTION
Self certificates can only be generated using the access point GUI and CLI interfaces. No
functionality exists for creating a self-certificate using the access point’s SNMP configuration
option.
To create a self certificate:
1. Select System Configuration -> Certificate Mgmt -> Self Certificates from the Mobility 5181
Access Point menu tree.
2. Click on the Add button to create the certificate request.
The Certificate Request screen displays.
3. Complete the request form with the pertinent information. Only 4 values are required, the
others optional.