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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) and 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 6-77

.

6.10.1.1 Creating a Server / CA Root Certificate

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

1. Select

Security

>

Server Certificates

from the main menu tree.

2. Click the

Certificate Wizard

button on the bottom of the screen.

3. The Certificate Wizard displays.

Use this wizard to:

• Create a new certificate

• Upload an external certificate

• Delete Operations

4. Select the

Create new certificate

radio button to generate a new self-signed certificate or prepare a

certificate request which can be send to a Certificate Authority (CA).

For more information, see

Using the Wizard to Create a New Certificate on page 6-77

.

5. Select the

Upload an external certificate

radio button to upload an existing Server Certificate or CA

Root Certificate.

For more information, see

Using the Wizard Delete Operation on page 6-80

.

6. Select the

Delete Operations

radio button to delete trustpoints and all related keys.

For more information, see

Using the Wizard Delete Operation on page 6-80

.

Org. Unit (OU)

Displays the name of the organizational unit making the certificate request.

Common Name (CN)

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

Issued By

Country (C)

Displays the Country of the certificate issuer.

State (ST)

Displays the state or province for the country the certificate was issued.

City (L)

Displays the city representing the state/province and country from which the certificate was
issued.

Organization (O)

Displays the organization representing the certificate authority

Organizational Unit

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

Common Name

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.