Nortel Networks manual Adding a certificate to the Nortel Snas 4050 using the CLI

584Chapter 11 Managing certificates

8The CA processes the CSR and returns a signed certificate. Create a backup copy of the certificate (see “Displaying or saving a certificate and key using the CLI” on page 591).

The certificate is ready to be added into the Nortel SNAS 4050 cluster (see “Adding a certificate to the Nortel SNAS 4050 using the CLI” on page 584).

Adding a certificate to the Nortel SNAS 4050 using the CLI

The following steps describe how to install a certificate (and key, if applicable) using the copy-and-paste method.

The certificate (and key, if applicable) must be in PEM format.

Note: Nortel recommends performing copy-and-paste operations using a Telnet or SSH client to connect to the MIP. If you use a console connection to connect to one of the Nortel SNAS 4050 devices in the cluster, you may find that HyperTerminal under Microsoft Windows is slow to complete copy-and-paste operations.

1Access the Certificate menu by using the /cfg/cert <cert id> command, where <cert id> is the certificate number.

If you obtained the certificate by using the /cfg/cert #/request command to generate the CSR, specify the same certificate number as the certificate number you used to generate the CSR. In this way, the private key remains connected to the certificate number, and you do not need to perform an additional step to add the private key.

If you obtained the certificate by means other than using the /cfg/cert #/ request command to generate the CSR, specify a certificate number not used by any other configured certificate. If the private key and the certificate are not contained in the same file, you will have to perform an additional step to add the private key (see “Adding a private key to the Nortel SNAS 4050 using the CLI” on page 587).

To view basic information about configured certificates, use the /info/ certs command.

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