Cisco Systems OL-7029-01 manual Crypto key import rsa pem, Instead of one general-purpose key pair

Chapter 3 Commands Specific to the Content Switching Module with SSL

crypto key import rsa pem

crypto key import rsa pem

To import a PEM-formatted RSA key from an external system, use the crypto key import rsa pem command.

crypto key import rsa keylabel pem [usage-keys] {terminal url url} [exportable] passphrase}

Syntax Description	keylabel	Name of the key.
	usage-keys	(Optional) Specifies that two special-usage key pairs should be generated,
		instead of one general-purpose key pair.
	terminal	Displays the request on the terminal.
	url url	Specifies the URL location. Valid values are as follows:
		• ftp:—Imports from the FTP: file system
		• null:—Imports from the null: file system
		• nvram:—Imports from the NVRAM: file system
		• rcp:—Imports from the RCP: file system
		• scp:—Imports from the SCP: file system
		• system:—Imports from the system: file system
		• tftp:—Imports from the TFTP: file system
	exportable	(Optional) Specifies that the key can be exported.
	passphrase	Pass phrase.

Defaults

Command Modes

Command History

This command has no default settings.

Global configuration

Release	Modification
SSL Services Module	Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 6500 series
Release 1.2(1)	switches.

CSM-S release 1.1(1) This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines The pass phrase can be any phrase including spaces and punctuation except for a question mark, which has special meaning to the Cisco IOS parser.

Pass-phrase protection associates a pass phrase with the key. The pass phrase is used to encrypt the key when it is exported. When this key is imported, you must enter the same pass phrase to decrypt it.

Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Content Switching Module with SSL Command Reference

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