Filter
Top Products
Chapter 21 CNM System Setting
Vantage CNM User’s Guide
320
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
21.7.3 Create CSR
You can create certificates by entering the requested information into the fields below. Then
click Apply.
Table 156 CNM System Setting > Configuration > Certificate Management
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Certificate Name This field displays the name used to identify this certificate. It is
recommended that you give each certificate a unique name.
Certificate Type This field displays what kind of certificate this is.
REQ represents a certification request and is not yet a valid certificate.
Send a certification request to a certification authority, which then
issues a certificate. Use the My Certificate Import screen to import the
certificate and replace the request.
SELF represents a self-signed certificate.
*SELF represents the default self-signed certificate, which the device
uses to sign imported trusted remote host certificates.
CERT represents a certificate issued by a certification authority.
Subject This field displays identifying information about the certificate's owner,
such as CN (Common Name), OU (Organizational Unit or department),
O (Organization or company) and C (Country). It is recommended that
each certificate have unique subject information.
Issuer This field displays identifying information about the certificate's issuing
certification authority, such as a common name, organizational unit or
department, organization or company and country. With self-signed
certificates, this is the same information as in the Subject field.
Valid From This field displays the date that the certificate becomes applicable. The
text displays in red and includes a "Not Yet Valid!" message if the
certificate has not yet become applicable.
Valid To This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays
in red and includes an "Expiring!" or "Expired!" message if the
certificate is about to expire or has already expired.
KeyStore Type This field specifies the format of the certificate. Possible formats
include PKCS #12 (pkcs12) and Java Key Store (jks)
Create CSR Click Create CSR to create a certificate.
Import Certificate Click Import Certificate to go to the Import Certificate screen.