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Brocade Mobility 5181 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0) User Manual

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Managing Certificate Authority (CA) certificates

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4. When the form is completed, click the Generate button.

The Certificate Request screen disappears and the ID of the generated certificate request
displays in the drop-down list of certificates within the Self Certificates screen.

5. Click the Generate Request button.

The generated certificate request displays in Self Certificates screen text box.

6. Click the Copy to Clipboard button.

Key ID

Enter a logical name for the certificate to help distinguish between certificates.
The name can be up to 7 characters in length.

Subject

The required Subject value contains important information about the certificate.
Contact the CA signing the certificate to determine the content of the Subject
parameter.

Signature Algorithm

Use the drop-down menu to select the signature algorithm used for the certificate.
Options include:
MD5-RSA - Message Digest 5 algorithm in combination with RSA encryption.
SHA1-RSA - Secure Hash Algorithm 1 in combination with RSA encryption.

Key Length

Defines the length of the key. Possible values are 512, 1024, and 2048.