Table 4-17Certificate configuration screens (continued)

Displays only when a self-signed certificate is pre-installed and you click Edit Settings to update the validity period. It specifies the current coordinated universal time (UTC).

Validity Start Date Calculated from the PC's clock settings.

Validity Period Number of days (1 to 3650) that the certificate is valid, starting from the Validity Start Date. A valid entry (1 to 3650) is required. The default is 5 years.

Certificate Information screen. Enter information for requesting a certificate from a Certificate Authority.

Common Name (Required) For HP Jetdirect print servers, specify the FQDN or a valid IP address for the device.

Examples

Domain Name: myprinter.mydepartment.mycompany.com

IP address: 192.168.2.116

The Common Name is used to uniquely identify the device. For HP Jetdirect print servers using EAP authentication, some authentication servers can require configuration with the Common Name as specified on the certificate.

If the default IP address 192.0.0.192 is set on the HP Jetdirect print server, it is probably invalid for your network. Do not use this default address to identify your device.

Organization (Required) Specify the full legal name for your company.

Organizational Unit (Optional) Specify your department, division, or other subgroup of your organization.

City/Locality (Required) Enter the city or locality in which your organization is located.

State/Province (Required for all countries/regions) Must contain at least three characters.

Country/Region Two-character ISO 3166 country/region code. For example, use gb Great Britain or us for USA (required).

Install Certificate or Install CA Certificate screens.

Use the Install Certificate screen to install an HP Jetdirect certificate. (The Install Certificate option is not presented if there is no pending request.)

Use the Install CA Certificate screen to install a trusted certificate authority (CA) certificate for use during EAP authentication. (Full-featured print servers only.)

Install a privacy enhanced mail (PEM/Base64) encoded certificate.

To install a certificate, specify the name and path of the file that contains the certificate. Or, click Browse to browse your system for the file.

Click Finish to complete the installation.

To install a certificate, it must be associated with a pending certificate request by the HP Embedded Web Server.

Import Certificate and Private Key screen. Import an HP Jetdirect certificate and private key.

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ew2500 802.11b/g Print Server specifications

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