HP SMH allows the setting of multihomed or multiple names to certificates that are not generated by HP. Through this functionality, SMHs certificate can contain additional information for the machine, such as other names in the network and IPs that are available. In the same way, it is possible to create a request certified to be signed by a Certificate Authority (CA).

Two kinds of values are acceptable as alternative names:

Only users in the Administrator User Group and System Administrators (root on Linux and Administrator on Windows) can edit the Alternative Names fields through the browser.

The multihomed configuration is available by completing the following steps:

Changes made here to Alternative Names affect only the current certificate.

When this happens, the new certificate with the alternative names set are negotiated with the browser.

Related Procedures

Anonymous/Local Access
IP Binding
IP Restricted Login
Local Server Certificate
Port 2301 and Autostart (Linux only)
Port 2301 (Windows only)
Timeouts
Trust Mode
Trusted Management Servers
Kerberos Authorization Procedure (Windows Only)
User Groups

Related Topic

The Settings Page