Managing CA-signed array certificates for SSMC

SSMC must validate and trust the TLS certificates presented by the arrays whenever it makes a connection to these arrays.

When you register an array for management using the Administrator Console, SSMC retrieves the certificate presented by the array while making a TLS connection. SSMC then allows you to review, approve, and cache the certificate for making subsequent connections to the array. Once you trust and cache the certificates, the connection is trusted and the TLS connection is established.

However, in FIPS mode, these trust certificates must be imported manually. To manually import trust certificates for managed arrays, see Copying certificate information for use in SSMC.