Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.1 (53-1002446-01, March 2012)

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Secure Sockets Layer protocol

Checking and installing root certificates on Internet Explorer

1. Select Tools > Internet Options.

2. Click the Content tab.

3. Click Certificates.

4. Click the Intermediate or Trusted Root tabs and scroll the list to see if the root certificate is

listed. Take the appropriate following action based on whether you find the certificate:

• If the certificate is listed, you do not need to install it. You can skip the rest of this

procedure.

• If the certificate is not listed, click Import.

5. Follow the instructions in the Certificate Import wizard to import the certificate.

Checking and installing root certificates on Mozilla Firefox

1. Select Tools > Options.

2. Click Advanced.

3. Click the Encryption tab.

4. Click View Certificates > Authorities tab and scroll the list to see if the root certificate is listed.

For example, its name may have the form nameRoot.crt. Take the appropriate following action

based on whether you find the certificate:

• If the certificate is listed, you do not need to install it. You can skip the rest of this

procedure.

• If the certificate is not listed, click Import.

5. Browse to the certificate location and select the certificate. For example, select nameRoot.crt.

6. Click Open and follow the instructions to import the certificate.

Root certificates for the Java Plug-in

For information on Java requirements, see “Browser and Java support” on page 120.

This procedure is a guide for installing a root certificate to the Java Plug-in on the management

workstation. If the root certificate is not already installed to the plug-in, you should install it. For

more detailed instructions, refer to the documentation that came with the certificate and to the

Sun Microsystems website (www.sun.com).

Installing a root certificate to the Java Plug-in

1. Copy the root certificate file from its location on the FTP server to the Java Plug-in bin. For

example, the bin location may be:

C: \program files\java\j2re1.6.0\bin

2. Open a Command Prompt window and change the directory to the Java Plug-in bin.

3. Enter the keytool command and respond to the prompts.