Dell DR4300 DR Series System Administrator Guide - Page 104

Generating a CSR, Restore Manager (RM)

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To reset an SSL certificate, complete the following steps: 1. Select Support → SSL Certificate in the navigation panel. The SSL Certificate page is displayed. 2. In the upper right corner of the page, click Reset SSL Certificate. NOTE: You can also use the command line interface (CLI) command, "maintenance -- configuration -reset_web_certificate". Refer to the Dell DR Series Command Line Reference Guide for more information. Generating a CSR You can generate a certificate signing request (CSR) from the SSL Certificate page. A certificate authority (CA) can use the CSR to create an SSL certificate for you. This CSR will contain information to be included in the certificate, such as organization name, common name (domain name), locality, and country. It also contains the public key that will be included in the certificate. To generate a CSR, complete the following steps: 1. Select Support → SSL Certificate in the navigation panel. The SSL Certificate page is displayed. 2. Click Generate CSR in the upper right corner of the page. 3. In the Generate CSR and Private Key dialog box, enter the following required information in the form: • Common Name - The domain to be secured by the certificate. • Organization Name - The organization's legal business name. • Organization Unit - A department in the organization. • Locality - The business location. • State Name - The state/province of the business location • Country Code - The country of the business location. • Email - A contact email address. • Encryption - Select one of the following options: 2048-bit encryption or 4096 encryption. The default is 2048. 4. Click Generate. The Certificate request output will appear in the window. You can copy and paste the CSR to the CA's web site CSR page, or you can save the CSR to a file NOTE: Every time a CSR is generated, a new private key is generated and stored on the DR Series system. When the signed certificate is returned from the CA, and you attempt to install the signed certificate, a verification that the installed signed certificate matches the private key is performed. If the installed certificate does not match the private key, the certificate installation will fail due to private key match failure. You should be careful not to run a subsequent CSR generation while your initial CSR is being signed by a CA, as the returned certificate will no longer match the private key. 5. Click Save to File to save it to a file. Restore Manager (RM) The Dell Restore Manager (RM) utility can be used to restore the DR Series system software. RM can be used when a non-recoverable hardware or software failure prevents the DR Series system from functioning correctly. 104

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To reset an SSL certificate, complete the following steps:
1.
Select
Support
→
SSL Certificate
in the navigation panel.
The
SSL Certificate
page is displayed.
2.
In the upper right corner of the page, click
Reset SSL Certificate
.
NOTE:
You can also use the command line interface (CLI) command, “maintenance -- configuration --
reset_web_certificate”. Refer to the
Dell DR Series Command Line Reference Guide
for more information.
Generating a CSR
You can generate a certificate signing request (CSR) from the SSL Certificate page. A certificate authority (CA) can use
the CSR to create an SSL certificate for you. This CSR will contain information to be included in the certificate, such as
organization name, common name (domain name), locality, and country. It also contains the public key that will be
included in the certificate.
To generate a CSR, complete the following steps:
1.
Select
Support
→
SSL Certificate
in the navigation panel.
The
SSL Certificate
page is displayed.
2.
Click
Generate CSR
in the upper right corner of the page.
3.
In the Generate CSR and Private Key dialog box, enter the following required information in the form:
•
Common Name
- The domain to be secured by the certificate.
•
Organization Name
- The organization's legal business name.
•
Organization Unit
- A department in the organization.
•
Locality
- The business location.
•
State Name
- The state/province of the business location
•
Country Code
- The country of the business location.
•
Email
- A contact email address.
•
Encryption
- Select one of the following options: 2048-bit encryption or 4096 encryption. The default is 2048.
4.
Click
Generate
.
The Certificate request output will appear in the window. You can copy and paste the CSR to the CA's web site CSR
page, or you can save the CSR to a file
NOTE:
Every time a CSR is generated, a new private key is generated and stored on the DR Series system. When the
signed certificate is returned from the CA, and you attempt to install the signed certificate, a verification that
the installed signed certificate matches the private key is performed. If the installed certificate does not
match the private key, the certificate installation will fail due to private key match failure.
You should be
careful not to run a subsequent CSR generation while your initial CSR is being signed by a CA, as the returned
certificate will no longer match the private key.
5.
Click
Save to File
to save it to a file.
Restore Manager (RM)
The Dell
Restore Manager
(RM) utility can be used to restore the DR Series system software. RM can be used when a
non-recoverable hardware or software failure prevents the DR Series system from functioning correctly.
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