Dell IDRAC6 manual Certificate Signing Request CSR, Accessing SSL Through the Web-Based Interface

Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

A CSR is a digital request to a CA for a secure server certificate. Secure server certificates allow clients of the server to trust the identity of the server they have connected to and to negotiate an encrypted session with the server.

A Certificate Authority is a business entity that is recognized in the

IT industry for meeting high standards of reliable screening, identification, and other important security criteria. Examples of CAs include Thawte and VeriSign. After the CA receives a CSR, they review and verify the information the CSR contains. If the applicant meets the CA’s security standards,

the CA issues a digitally-signed certificate that uniquely identifies that applicant for transactions over networks and on the Internet.

After the CA approves the CSR and sends the certificate, upload the certificate to the iDRAC6 firmware. The CSR information stored on the iDRAC6 firmware must match the information contained in the certificate.

Accessing SSL Through the Web-Based Interface

1Click Remote Access→ Network/Security.

2Click SSL to open the SSL page.

Use the SSL page to perform one of the following options:

•Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to send to a CA. The CSR information is stored on the iDRAC6 firmware.

•Upload a server certificate.

•View a server certificate.

Table 4-12 describes the above SSL page options.

Table 4-12. SSL Page Options

Field	Description
Generate Certificate Signing	This option enables you to generate a CSR to
Request (CSR)	send to a CA to request a secure Web certificate.
	NOTE: Each new CSR overwrites any previous CSR
	on the firmware. For a CA to accept your CSR, the
	CSR in the firmware must match the certificate
	returned from the CA.

Configuring the iDRAC6 Using the Web Interface

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