User guide

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CHAPTER
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Installation
This chapter describes the following installation sequence:
• What you should do before installing the DSView software
• Installing the DSView software
• Configuring the DSView software, plus considerations when upgrading
• Installing the Remote Operations software (if you will be using it)
• Running the DSView software, that is, start a client session
Final sections describe how to change your password, uninstall the software, end a DSView
software session and install Java.
About Installation
When the DSView management software is installed, the DSView software database and a hub
server are also installed on the dedicated server.
The DSView management software may be installed on a computer containing an existing DSView
2.x software authentication server without causing any interference with the operation of the
DSView 2.x software system. The DSView 2.x software authentication server and the DSView
management software may run on the same dedicated server at the same time.
Rebooting the dedicated server is not required prior to using the DSView management software.
Once the DSView management software is installed and you have configured the hub server, users
may log in at another computer as a DSView software client, using a supported web browser.
You may also install the DSView management software on additional computers and configure
them as spoke servers. See Managing Spoke Servers on page 73 and Running the DSView
Management Software on page 45.
NOTE: A license key permits the operation of the DSView software on the dedicated server. The license key also
specifies the number of clients that may use the software and the number of spoke servers allowed on a system.
Contact your Avocent sales representative for more information about licenses.
Before installing the DSView software
Before installing the DSView management software: