4.Type the information in the required fields and any optional fields that apply to your configuration. The fields are the same as for the self-signed certificate, with some additional fields.

Read the information in the following sections for a description of each of the common fields.

Required certificate data

The following user-input fields are required for generating a self-signed certificate or a certificate-signing request:

Country

Use this field to indicate the country where the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is physically located. This field must contain the 2-character country code.

State or Province

Use this field to indicate the state or province where the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is physically located. This field can contain a maximum of 30 characters.

City or Locality

Use this field to indicate the city or locality where the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is physically located. This field can contain a maximum of 50 characters.

Organization Name

Use this field to indicate the company or organization that owns the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. When this is used to generate a certificate-signing request, the issuing certificate authority can verify that the organization that is requesting the certificate is legally entitled to claim ownership of the given company or organization name. This field can contain a maximum of 60 characters.

ASM Host Name

Use this field to indicate the Remote Supervisor Adapter II host name that currently appears in the browser Web address bar.

Make sure that the value that you typed in the ASM host name field exactly matches the host name as it is known by the Web browser. The browser compares the host name in the resolved

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IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Required certificate data, Country, State or Province, City or Locality, ASM Host Name