Note
Import or export of SSL certificate data is not supported on NS3500, NS3200, NS3100, IPS-VM600, and IPS-VM5000 Sensors.
We recommend saving the Sensor certificate information to an external flash and then using that flash to re-establish all Sensor certificate data if the Sensor fails and needs to be replaced. These commands export/import the Sensor certificates, which establishes trust between the Sensor and the Manager. These certificates include the Manager public key, Sensor private key, and Sensor public key.
Caution
The compact flash should be physically secured at all times, since certificate data exported to flash is used to validate Sensor certificate information.