Certificate requests panel

The Certificate Requests panel displays the status of currently requested certificate.

Within the panel the Create Self-Signed Certificate link is available.

The status and type of a current certificate requested could be:

  • No pending requests.

  • Create and install a self-signed certificate.

Any existing certificate will be replaced with one of the same name. A non-default TA profile with a certificate configured with usage of web will not be allowed.

Create Self-Signed Certificate

Creates a self-signed certificate. Upon selection of this link, an edit request form becomes available which provides all required information for the creation of the certificate.

NOTE:

The default TA profile is called Default.

Certificate requests form

The Certificate Request field have the following constraints:

  • Common Name (CN) – must be present, max length 90. Common Name should be preset with value from Switch ID profile if one exists.
  • Organizational Unit Name (OU) – preferred, max length 100.
  • Organization Name (O) – preferred, max length 100.
  • Locality (L) – optional, max length 100.
  • State (ST) – optional, max length 100.
  • Country (C) – preferred, max length 2.
  • Start Date — Preset with current date.
  • End Date — Preset with current date + 1 year.

Select Install when the form has been completed to Install this certificate to the switch.

Select Cancel to cancel the user request.