Obtaining certificates, Installing a switch certificate – HP Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class User Manual
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Obtaining certificates
Check the instructions on the CA web site; then, perform this procedure for each switch:
1.
Generate and store the CSR as described in ”
2.
Open a Web browser window on the management workstation and go to the CA web site. Follow the
instructions to request a certificate. Locate the area in the request form that is provided for you to paste
the CSR.
3.
Through a telnet window, connect to the switch and log in as admin.
4.
Issue the following command:
The contents of the CSR is displayed.
5.
Locate the section that begins with BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST and ends with END CERTIFICATE
REQUEST.
6.
Copy and paste this section (including the BEGIN and END lines) into the area provided in the request
form; then, follow the instructions to complete and send the request.
It may take several days to receive the certificates. If the certificates arrive by e-mail, save them to an FTP
server. If the CA provides access to the certificates on an FTP server, make note of the path name and
make sure you have a login name and password on the server.
Installing a switch certificate
Perform this procedure on each switch:
1.
Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2.
Issue the following command:
3.
Select a protocol, enter the IP address of the host on which the switch certificate is saved, and enter
your login name and password:
The certificate downloads to the switch.
switch:admin> seccertutil showcsr
switch:admin> seccertutil import
Select protocol [ftp or scp]: ftp
Enter IP address: 192.10.11.12
Enter remote directory: path_to_remote_directory
Enter certificate name (must have “.crt” suffix):192.1.2.3.crt
Enter Login Name: your_account
Enter Password: *****
Success: imported certificate [192.1.2.3.crt].
To use this certificate, run the configure command to activate it