Cisco DCNM Installation and Upgrade Guide for SAN Deployment, Release 11.5(1)

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Cisco DCNM Installation and Upgrade Guide for SAN Deployment, Release 11.5(1)

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Secure Client Communications for Cisco DCNM Servers

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December 22, 2020

Chapter: Secure Client Communications for Cisco DCNM Servers

Secure Client Communications for Cisco DCNM Servers

This section describes how to configure HTTPS on Cisco Data Center Network Manager Servers.


Note
You must enable SSL/HTTPS on the Cisco DCNM before you add a CA signed SSL certificate. Therefore, perform the procedure in the below mentioned order.

This section includes the following topics:

Secure Client Communications for Cisco DCNM Servers

This section describes how to configure HTTPS on Cisco Data Center Network Manager Servers.


Note
You must enable SSL/HTTPS on the Cisco DCNM before you add a CA signed SSL certificate. Therefore, perform the procedure in the below mentioned order.

This section includes the following topics:

Enabling SSL/HTTPS on Cisco DCNM in Federation on RHEL or Windows

To enable SSL/HTTPS on RHEL or Windows for Cisco DCNM in Federation, perform the following:

Procedure

Step 1

Configure the primary server with a self signed SSL certificate.

Note

 
In a CA signed certificate, each server has their own certificate generated. Ensure that the certificate is signed by the signing certificate chain which is common for both the servers.

Step 2

On the secondary server, perform one of the following:

  • While executing the installer, choose HTTPS upfront and select to run in the HTTPs mode.

  • While silent installation, choose HTTPs while you execute the installer.

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