Users Guide

Switch Management Commands 2375
Command History
Command introduced in version 6.6 firmware.
Example
This example shows the command used on a host computer to copy the
startup configuration onto the switch located at 192.168.0.1 using the admin
account.
key-generate
Use the key-generate command in Crypto Certificate Generation mode to
generate a new RSA key prior to generating the certificate key. The certificate
generated by a crypto certificate generate command is not a signed certificate
and is used to generate a certificate signing request. Once a signed certificate
is received, download the certificate to the switch.
Syntax
key-generate [length]
• length — Specifies the length of the SSL RSA key. If left unspecified,
this parameter defaults to 1024. (Range: 512–2048)
Default Configuration
By default, the certificate generation process will utilize existing RSA keys.
Command Mode
Crypto Certificate Generation mode
User Guidelines
This command mode is entered using the crypto certificate request
command. If no RSA key has been previously generated, you must use the
key-generate command prior to exiting the crypto certificate request mode to
properly generate a certificate request.