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Managing Certificates
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Managing the Server Certificate
You can generate a certificate signing request (CSR) to obtain a new certificate, and you can upload the new
certificate to the CIMC to replace the current server certificate. The server certificate may be signed either
by a public Certificate Authority (CA), such as Verisign, or by your own certificate authority.
certificate to the CIMC to replace the current server certificate. The server certificate may be signed either
by a public Certificate Authority (CA), such as Verisign, or by your own certificate authority.
Procedure
Step 1
Generate the CSR from the CIMC.
Step 2
Submit the CSR file to a certificate authority that will issue and sign your certificate. If your organization
generates its own self-signed certificates, you can use the CSR file to generate a self-signed certificate.
generates its own self-signed certificates, you can use the CSR file to generate a self-signed certificate.
Step 3
Upload the new certificate to the CIMC.
The uploaded certificate must be created from a CSR generated by the CIMC. Do not upload a
certificate that was not created by this method.
certificate that was not created by this method.
Note
Generating a Certificate Signing Request
Before You Begin
You must log in as a user with admin privileges to configure certificates.
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