Create A Certificate Signing Request - Polycom Pano Administrator's Manual

Create a Certificate Signing Request

If a PKI is deployed in your environment, creating a CSR is the first step in making sure your Pano system
is trusted by its network peers.
Procedure
1. In the system web interface, go to Security > Certificates.
2. Select Create Certificate Signing Request (CSR).
3. In the Certificate Details form, complete the following fields and select Create.
CSR Information
Hash Algorithm
Common Name (CN)
Organizational Unit (OU)
Organization (O)
City or Locality (L)
State or Province (ST)
Country (C)
SAN: FQDN
SAN: Additional Name
SAN: IPv4 Address
Polycom, Inc.
Description
Specifies the hash algorithm for the CSR: SHA-256 (recommended)
or SHA-1 (not recommended).
Specifies the system name. Polycom recommends the following
guidelines for this field:
▪ For systems registered in DNS, use the system's fully qualified
domain name (FQDN).
▪ For systems not registered in DNS, use the system's IP address.
Maximum characters: 64 (truncated if necessary). Default is blank.
Specifies the business group defined by your organization. Default is
blank. Maximum characters: 64.
Note: The system supports only one OU field. If you want the CA-
signed certificate to include more than one OU, download and
manually edit the CSR.
Specifies your organization's name. Default is blank. Maximum
characters: 64.
Specifies the city where your organization is located. Default is blank.
Maximum characters: 128.
Specifies the state or province where your organization is located.
Default is blank. Maximum characters: 128.
Displays the country selected in the setup wizard. Cannot be changed
here.
Specifies the FQDN assigned to the system. It is the same as the
Common Name (CN) but not truncated. Default is blank. Maximum
characters: 253.
Specifies an additional system name. Default is blank. Maximum
characters: 253.
Default is the system's IPv4 address. Maximum characters: 15
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