HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

certificate in accordance with your security practices to return to the same level of functionality you had
before.
NOTE: On Windows and Linux, this process also affects the local HP System Management Homepage
certificate and private key on HP-UX systems, it affects the WBEM Services certificate and private key.
NOTE: Valid characters for each of these fields include letters a through z (lowercase), A through Z
(uppercase), numbers 0 through 9, and the following special characters: ‘ ( ) + , - . / : ? space _ and ~.
Each field must contain at least one non-white space character.
To create a new certificate:
1. Select Options→Security→HP Systems Insight Manager Server Certificate, and then click New.
The New Server Certificate section appears, and the fields are automatically populated with default
values.
2. (Optional) Change the following fields:
a. The Common Name (CN) field holds the parameter that the browser uses for name comparison
when browsing to the CMS. This field can be updated with other name formats, such as fully
qualified names, and can contain up to 255 characters.
b. (Optional) In the Alternative Names field, enter multiple system names separated by a comma.
If a name identical to the CN is specified in the Alternative Names field, it is not duplicated in
the certificate.
Alternative names are case-sensitive. Therefore, if a duplicate case-sensitive name is entered, it is
not duplicated in the certificate. For example, if SYS1, sys1, and SYS1 are entered, SYS1 is only
listed once in the certificate.
The alternative names might appear in a different order from the order you enter them. However,
this does not affect their usage.
c. In the Organization (O) field, enter the name of your organization. This field can contain up to
64 characters.
d. In the Organizational Unit (OU) field, enter the name of your department. This field can contain
up to 64 characters.
e. In the Locality (L) field, enter the name of your city. This field can contain up to 128 characters.
f. In the State (S) field, enter the name of your state. This field can contain up to 128 characters.
g. In the Country (C) field, enter the name of your country. This field can contain up to two
alphanumeric characters, using the two-letter country codes.
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