HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12, Administrator'S Manual

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Fabric OS 5.2.x administrator guide 89
Each CA (for example, Verisign or GeoTrust) has slightly different requirements; for example, some
generate certificates based on IP address, while others require an FQDN, and most require a 1024-bit
public/private key while some might accept a 2048-bit key. Consider your fabric configuration, check CA
Web sites for requirements, and gather all the information that the CA requires.
Generating a public/private key
Perform this procedure on each switch:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter this command to generate a public/private key pair:
The system reports that this process will disable secure protocols, delete any existing CSR, and delete
any existing certificates.
3. Respond to the prompts to continue and select the key size:
Because CA support for the 2048-bit key size is limited, you should select 1024 in most cases.
Generating and storing a CSR
After generating a public/private key (see ” Generating a public/private key ” on page 88), perform this
procedure on each switch:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as
admin
.
2. Enter this command:
3. Enter the requested information:
Your CA might require specific codes for Country, State or Province, Locality, Organization, and
Organizational Unit names. Make sure that your spelling is correct and matches the CA requirements. If
the CA requires that the Common Name be specified as an FQDN, make sure that the fully qualified
domain name is set on the domain name server.
4. Enter this command to store the CSR:
5. Enter the requested information:
switch:admin> seccertutil genkey
Continue (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Select key size [1024 or 2048]: 1024
Generating new rsa public/private key pair
Done.
switch:admin> seccertutil gencsr
Country Name (2 letter code, eg, US): US
State or Province Name (full name, eg, California): California
Locality Name (eg, city name): San Jose
Organization Name (eg, company name): Brocade
Organizational Unit Name (eg, department name): Eng
Common Name (Fully qualified Domain Name, or IP address): 192.1.2.3
Generating CSR, file name is: 192.1.2.3.csr
Done.
switch:admin> seccertutil export
Select protocol [ftp or scp]: ftp
Enter IP address: 192.1.2.3
Enter remote Directory:
path_to_remote_Directory
Enter Login Name:
your account
Enter Password:
your password
Success: exported CSR.