How to Configure Dell Hybrid Client Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol

Affected Products:

• Wyse Management Suite

Table of Contents:

• Prerequisites
• What is SCEP?
• Steps to configure SCEP from WMS
• Steps to configure SCEP from Device Settings

Prerequisites

1. Install the client and pass the required parameters. The user generates a key pair and certificate signing request to the SCEP server.
2. Securely issue certificates to many network devices to enroll for a certificate by using a URL and a shared secret to communicate with a PKI.
3. Contact the SCEP server for the certificate and as it is available, the user can fetch it and install it as needed.
4. 802.1x uses this certificate.

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What is SCEP?

SCEP is a protocol standard used for certificate management. SCEP is predominantly used for Certificate-based authentication, whereby access to services such as Wi-Fi, VPN and securing email through encryption is carried out using certificates.

SCEP allows us to securely issue certificates to large numbers of network devices using an automatic enrollment technique.

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Steps to configure SCEP from WMS:

1. Log in to Wyse Management Suite using your administrator credentials.
2. Go to Dell Hybrid Client 2.x configuration > Advanced.
3. Select SCEP > Enable SCEP and add a row.
   
4. Set the certificate name as ($SN or $sn) This takes the serial number of devices.
5. Provide a valid SCEP URL, Challenge Password and Save & Publish configuration.
   
6. Log in to Dell Hybrid Client (DHC): Open Device Settings > Advanced Settings (Enter the password) and open SCEP.
   
7. After the SCEP connection is created, a successful message will appear on the bottom right corner of the display.

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Steps to configure SCEP from Device Settings:

1. Log in to DHC open Device Settings > Advanced Settings (Enter the password) and open SCEP.
   
2. Set the certificate name as ($SN or $sn) This takes the serial number of devices.
3. Provide a valid SCEP URL, Challenge Password, and save the configuration.
   
4. After the SCEP connection is created, a successful message will appear on the bottom right corner of the display.

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