After you receive signed certificates from the Certificate
Authority (CA), import the files for the controllers.
Before
you begin
- The CA returned signed
certificate files. These files include the root certificate, one or
more intermediate certificates, and the server certificates.
- If the CA provided a chained certificate file (for example, a
.p7b file), you must unpack the chained file into individual files:
the root certificate, one or more intermediate certificates, and the
server certificates that identify the controllers. You can use the
Windows certmgr utility to unpack the files (right-click
and select ). Base-64 encoding is recommended. When the exports
are complete, a CER file is shown for each certificate file in the
chain.
- You have copied the certificate files to the host system where
you access System Manager.
About
this task
This task describes how to upload the certificate
files.
- Select .
- From the Array Management tab, select Import.
A dialog box opens for importing the certificate file(s).
- Click the Browse buttons to first select the root and intermediate
files, and then select each server certificate for the controllers.
The root and intermediate files are the same for both controllers.
Only the server certificates are unique for each controller. If you
generated the CSR from an external tool, you must also import the
private key file that was created along with the CSR.
The file names are displayed in the dialog box.
- Click Import.
The files are uploaded and validated.
The session is
automatically terminated. You must log in again for the certificates
to take effect. When you log in again, the new CA-signed certificates
are used for your session.