Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 503)

AT-S62 User’s Guide
Section VII: Management Security 503
9. Type 4 to create a key description.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter new Description ->
10. Enter a description for the key. For instance, the description could
reflect the key’s function (for example, Sales switch SSL key). You can
enter up to 40 alphanumeric characters including spaces.
11. Type 5 to generate the key.
The following message is displayed:
Key generation will take some time. Please wait...
The management software begins to create the key. This process
can take from less than a minute to more than fifteen minutes,
depending on key length. Once the key is created, you will see this
message:
Press any key to continue ...
12. Press any key.
The new key is added to the list of keys in the Key Management
menu.
Returning to the Main Menu to save the new key is not necessary
with this procedure. This type of change is automatically saved by
the management software.
To create a self-signed SSL certificate using the new encryption
key, go to Creating a Self-signed Certificate on page 524. To create
an enrollment request for submission to a CA, go to Generating an
Enrollment Request on page 537.
If you created server and host keys for SSH encryption, go to
Configuring the SSH Server on page 548 to configure the SSH
server software on the switch.