Chapter 17 Certificates
PMG5318-B20B User’s Guide
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17.1.1 Create Certificate Request
Click the
Local Certificates
screen’s
Create Certificate Request
button to open the following
screen. Use this screen to have the GPON Device generate a certification request.
Figure 67
Create Certificate Request
After you click
Apply
, the following screen displays to notify you that you need to get the certificate
request signed by a Certificate Authority. If you already have, click
Load_Signed
to import the
signed certificate into the GPON Device. Otherwise click
Back
to return to the
Local Certificates
screen.
Table 60
Create Certificate Request
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Certificate Name
Type up to 63 ASCII characters (not including spaces) to identify this certificate.
Common Name
Select
Auto
to have the GPON Device configure this field automatically. Or select
Customize
to enter it manually.
Type the IP address (in dotted decimal notation), domain name or e-mail address in
the field provided. The domain name or e-mail address can be up to 63 ASCII
characters. The domain name or e-mail address is for identification purposes only
and can be any string.
Organization Name
Type up to 63 characters to identify the company or group to which the certificate
owner belongs. You may use any character, including spaces, but the GPON Device
drops trailing spaces.
State/Province Name
Type up to 32 characters to identify the state or province where the certificate owner
is located. You may use any character, including spaces, but the GPON Device drops
trailing spaces.
Country/Region Name
Select a country to identify the nation where the certificate owner is located.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
