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Exporting the Domain Controller Root CA Certificate

NOTE: The following steps may vary slightly if you are using Windows 2000.

1Go to the domain controller on which you installed the Microsoft Enterprise CA service.

2 Click Start Run.

3Type mmc and click OK.

4In the Console 1 (MMC) window, click File (or Console on Windows 2000 systems) and select Add/Remove Snap-in.

5In the Add/Remove Snap-Inwindow, click Add.

6In the Standalone Snap-In window, select Certificates and click Add.

7Select Computer account and click Next.

8Select Local Computer and click Finish.

9Click OK.

10In the Console 1 window, expand the Certificates folder, expand the Personal folder, and click the Certificates folder.

11Locate and right-click the root CA certificate, select All Tasks, and click Export... .

12In the Certificate Export Wizard, click Next, and select No do not export the private key.

13Click Next and select Base-64 encoded X.509 (.cer) as the format.

14Click Next and save the certificate to a location of your choice. You will need to upload this certificate to the DRAC 4. To do this, go to the DRAC 4 Web-based interface Configuration tab → Active Directory page. Alternately, you may use the racadm CLI commands (see "Configuring the DRAC 4 Active Directory Settings Using the racadm CLI").

15Click Finish and click OK.

Importing the DRAC 4 Firmware SSL Certificate to All Domain Controllers Trusted Certificate Lists

NOTE: If the DRAC 4 firmware SSL certificate is signed by a well-known CA, you do not need to perform the steps described in this section.

NOTE: The following steps may vary slightly if you are using Windows 2000.

1The DRAC 4 SSL certificate is the same certificate that is used for the DRAC 4 Web server. All DRAC 4 controllers are shipped with a default self-signed certificate. You can get this certificate from the DRAC 4 by selecting the DRAC 4 Web-based interface Configuration

tab → Active Directory subtab → Download DRAC 4 Server Certificate.

2 On the domain controller, open an MMC Console window and select Certificates Trusted Root Certification Authorities.

3Right-click Certificates, select All Tasks and click Import.

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