Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

584 Chapter 11 Managing certificates

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The CA processes the CSR and returns a signed certificate. Create a backup 
copy of the certificate (see 

).

The certificate is ready to be added into the Nortel SNAS 4050 cluster (see 

The following steps describe how to install a certificate (and key, if applicable) 
using the copy-and-paste method.

The certificate (and key, if applicable) must be in PEM format.

Access the Certificate menu by using the 

/cfg/cert <cert id>

 

command, where <

> is the certificate number.

If you obtained the certificate by using the 

 

command to generate the CSR, specify the same certificate number as the 
certificate number you used to generate the CSR. In this way, the private key 
remains connected to the certificate number, and you do not need to perform 
an additional step to add the private key.

If you obtained the certificate by means other than using the 

 command to generate the CSR, specify a certificate number not 

used by any other configured certificate. If the private key and the certificate 
are not contained in the same file, you will have to perform an additional step 
to add the private key (see 

To view basic information about configured certificates, use the 

 command.

Note: Nortel recommends performing copy-and-paste operations using 
a Telnet or SSH client to connect to the MIP. If you use a console 
connection to connect to one of the Nortel SNAS 4050 devices in the 
cluster, you may find that HyperTerminal under Microsoft Windows is 
slow to complete copy-and-paste operations.