HP V1910 Switch Series User Manual page 392

Task
Requesting a local
certificate
Destroying the RSA
key pair
Retrieving a
certificate
Retrieving and
displaying a CRL
Requesting a Certificate Automatically
Perform the tasks in
Table 136 Configuration task list for requesting a certificate automatically
Task
Creating a PKI entity
Creating a PKI
domain
Destroying the RSA
key pair
Remarks
Required
When requesting a certificate, an entity introduces itself to the CA by providing its
identity information and public key, which will be the major components of the
certificate.
A certificate request can be submitted to a CA in two ways: online and offline.

In online mode, if the request is granted, the local certificate will be retrieved to the
local system automatically.

In offline mode, you need to retrieve the local certificate by an out-of-band means.
IMPORTANT:
If a local certificate already exists, you cannot perform the local certificate retrieval
operation. This is to avoid possible mismatch between the local certificate and registration
information resulting from relevant changes. To retrieve a new local certificate, you need
to remove the CA certificate and local certificate first.
Optional
Destroy the existing RSA key pair and the corresponding local certificate.
If the certificate to be retrieved contains an RSA key pair, you need to destroy the
existing key pair. Otherwise, the retrieving operation will fail.
Optional
Retrieve an existing certificate.
Optional
Retrieve a CRL and display its contents.
Table 136 to configure the PKI system to request a certificate automatically.
Remarks
Required
Create a PKI entity and configure the identity information.
A certificate is the binding of a public key and an entity, where an entity is the
collection of the identity information of a user. A CA identifies a certificate applicant by
entity.
The identity settings of an entity must be compliant to the CA certificate issue policy.
Otherwise, the certificate request may be rejected.
Required
Create a PKI domain, setting the certificate request mode to Auto.
Before requesting a PKI certificate, an entity needs to be configured with some
enrollment information, which is referred to as a PKI domain.
A PKI domain is intended only for convenience of reference by other applications like
SSL, and has only local significance.
Optional
Destroy the existing RSA key pair and the corresponding local certificate.
If the certificate to be retrieved contains an RSA key pair, you need to destroy the
existing key pair. Otherwise, the retrieving operation will fail.
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