3com 3CRWXR10095A User Manual
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C
HAPTER
12: M
ANAGING
C
ERTIFICATES
Distributing
Certificates to WX
Switches
Certificates to WX
Switches
You can use 3WXM to distribute certificates from PKCS #12 files to one
or more WX switches.
or more WX switches.
Although you can distribute one PKCS #12 file to many WX switches, as a
best practice, you should install a unique certificate and key pair per WX.
best practice, you should install a unique certificate and key pair per WX.
1 Select the Devices tool bar option.
2 At the bottom of the Task List panel, select Device Operations.
3 In the Managed Devices list, select the WX switches to which you want to
distribute the certificate.
To select more than one WX, click Shift while clicking to select
contiguous items, or click Ctrl while clicking to select noncontiguous
items.
contiguous items, or click Ctrl while clicking to select noncontiguous
items.
4 In the Task List panel, select Distribute Certificates.
5 Click Select PKCS12 File.
6 Navigate to the PKCS #12 file and click Select PKCS12 File.
7 In the PKCS12 Password box, type the one-time password used to
authenticate the PKCS12 file. The following characters cannot be used as
part of the one-time password of a PKCS #12 file: quotation marks (“ ”),
question mark (?), ampersand (&).
part of the one-time password of a PKCS #12 file: quotation marks (“ ”),
question mark (?), ampersand (&).
This password must match the password used when the file was
generated.
generated.
8 In the Certificate Type list, select one of the following:
EAP — To install an 802.1X/EAP certificate
Web — To install a WebAAA certificate
Admin — To install an administrative certificate
9 Click Start Download. Download progress appears in the Status
column.
When the download process is complete, you see a message indicating
that the certificate was installed.
that the certificate was installed.