Configuring SSL using EDM

Use the following procedure to configure Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to provide your network with a secure Web management interface.

Prerequisites

  • Open one of the supported browsers.

  • Enter the IP address of the switch to open an EDM session.

Procedure steps

  1. From the navigation tree, double-click Security.

  2. In the Security tree, double-click SSH/SSL.

  3. In the work area, click the SSL tab.

  4. Configure SSL parameters as required.

  5. In the toolbar, click Apply.

Variable definitions

Use the data in the following table to configure SSL.

Variable Value
Enabled Indicates whether SSL is enabled or disabled
CertificateControl Enables the creation and deletion of SSL certificates. Create lets you create an SSL certificate, delete lets you delete an SSL certificate. Setting the value to other (3) results in a wrongValue error. When retrieved, the object returns the value of the last value set, or other (3) if the object was never set.
CertificateExists Indicates whether a valid SSL certificate was created. A valid of true(1) indicates that a valid certificate was created. A value of false(2) indicates that no valid certificate was created, or that the certificate was deleted.
CertificateControlStatus Indicates the status of the most recent attempt to create or delete a certificate. The following status are displayed:
  • inProgress—the operation is not yet completed

  • success—the operation is complete

  • failure—the operation failed

  • other—the s5AgSslCertificateControl object was never set

ServerControl
Resets the SSL server. Values are reset and other. The default is other.
ImportantImportant

You cannot reset the SSL server while creating the SSL certificate.