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Import the signed certificate.

When the external Certificate Authority returns the

signed certificate, import the certificate. This procedure combines the signed certificate
and the private key into an SSL server certificate that you then upload to the Rack
PDU.

1. On the Windows

Start

menu, select

Programs

, then

Rack PDU Security

Wizard

2. On the screen labeled

Step 1

, select

Import Signed Certificate

3. Browse to and select the signed server certificate that you received from the

external Certificate Authority. The file has a

.cer

.crt

suffix.

4. Browse to and select the file you created in

step 4

of the task

Create the

Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

. This file has a

.p15

extension, contains the

private key of the Rack PDU, and, by default, is in the installation folder

C:\Program Files\Dell\Rack PDU Security Wizard

5. Specify a name for the output file that will be the signed server certificate that

you upload to the Rack PDU. The file must have a

.p15

suffix.

6. Click

Next

to generate the server certificate.

Issuer

Information

on the

summary screen confirms that the external Certificate Authority signed the
certificate.

7. The last screen verifies that the certificate has been created and instructs you

to load the server certificate to the Rack PDU. It displays the location and name
of the server certificate, which has a

.p15

file extension and contains the private

key of the Rack PDU and the public key obtained from the

.cer

.crt

file.