HP 5120 EI Switch Series User Manual

190
Task
Remarks
Configuring an access control policy
Optional
Configuring an entity DN
A certificate is the binding of a public key and the identity information of an entity, where the identity
information is identified by an entity distinguished name (DN). A CA identifies a certificate applicant
uniquely by entity DN.
An entity DN is defined by these parameters:
 Common name of the entity.
 Country code of the entity, a standard 2-character code. For example, CN represents China and US
represents the United States.
 Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the entity, a unique identifier of an entity on the network. It
consists of a host name and a domain name and can be resolved to an IP address. For example,
www.whatever.com is an FQDN, where www is a host name and whatever.com a domain name.
 IP address of the entity.
 Locality where the entity resides.
 Organization to which the entity belongs.
 Unit of the entity in the organization.
 State where the entity resides.
NOTE:
The configuration of an entity DN must comply with the CA certificate issue policy. You must determine,
for example, which entity DN parameters are mandatory and which are optional. Otherwise, certificate
requests might be rejected.
Follow these steps to configure an entity DN:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Create an entity and enter its view
pki entity entity-name
Required
No entity exists by default.
Configure the common name for
the entity
common-name name
Optional
No common name is specified by
default.
Configure the country code for the
entity
country country-code-str
Optional
No country code is specified by
default.
Configure the FQDN for the entity
fqdn name-str
Optional
No FQDN is specified by default.
Configure the IP address for the
entity
ip ip-address
Optional
No IP address is specified by
default.

HP 5120 EI Switch Series Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	5120 EI Switch Series
Category	Switch
Language	English