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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter7 Configuring Switch-Based Authentication
Configuring the Switch for Secure Socket Layer HTTP
To verify the secure HTTP connection by using a Web browser, enter https://URL, where the URL is the
IP address or hostname of the server switch. If you configure a port other than the default port, you must
also specify the port number after the URL. For example:
https://209.165.129:1026
or
https://host.domain.com:1026
Configuring the Secure HTTP Client
The standard HTTP client and secure HTTP client are always ena bled. A cer tif icate auth ority is requir ed
for secure HTTP client certification. This procedure assumes that you have previously configured a CA
trustpoint on the switch. If a CA trustpoint is not configured and t he remote HTTPS server requires client
authentication, connections to the secure HTTP client fail.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure a secure HTT P c lient :
Use the no ip http client secure-trustpoint name to remove a client trustpoint configuration. Use the
no ip http client secure-ciphersuite to remove a previously configured CipherSuite specification for
the client.
Command Purpose
Step1 configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step2 ip http client secure-trustpoint name (Optional) Specify the CA trustpoint to be used if the re mote HTTP server
requests client authentication. Using this command assumes that you have
already configured a CA trustpoint by using the previous procedure. The
command is optional if client authentication is not needed or if a primary
trustpoint has been configured.
Step3 ip http client secure-ciphersuite
{[3des-ede-cbc-sha] [rc4-128-md5]
[rc4-128-sha] [des-cbc-sha]}
(Optional) Specify the CipherSuites (encryption algorithms) to be used
for encryption over the HTTPS connection. If you do not have a reason to
specify a particular CipherSuite, you should allow the server and client to
negotiate a CipherSuite that they both support. This is the default.
Step4 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step5 show ip http client secure status Display the status of the HTTP secure server to verify the configuration.
Step6 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.