Allied Telesis AT-S62 - Manual (Page 527)

AT-S62 User’s Guide
Section VII: Management Security 527
9. Enter the ID number of the encryption key you want to use to create
the certificate. The encryption key must already exist on the switch. (If
you have forgotten the key ID number, return to the Key
Management menu to view the keys on the switch.) The value can be
from 0 to 65,535.
10. Type 3 to select Format to choose the encoding format for the
certificate. Possible settings are:
DER - Indicates the certificate contents are in a binary format. This
is the default.
PEM - Indicates the certificate are in the Privacy Enhanced Mail
(PEM) format which is an ASCII format.
11. Type 4 to select Serial Number.
The following message is displayed:
Enter certificate serial number -> [0 to 2147483647]
-> 0
12. Enter a value between 0 and 2,147,483,647.
Self-signed certificates are usually assigned a serial number of 0.
13. Type 5 to select Subject DN and enter a distinguished name for the
certificate. (Do not enclose the distinguished name in quotes.)
Note
If you did not enter a distinguished name back in Step 2, then you
need to enter one here. A certificate must have a distinguished
name. For further information, refer to Distinguished Names on
page 512. If you enter a name both here and in Step 2, the certificate
will contain the name entered here.
14. Type 6 to create the certificate.
The following message is displayed:
Please wait while certificate is generated...Done!
15. Press any key.
The X509 Certificate Management menu is displayed again.
The certificate is automatically saved in the AT-S62 file system.
You do not need to return to the Main Menu to permanently save
the new certificate.
16. Go to the next procedure to add the certificate to the certificate
database.