User guide

38 DSView Installer/User Guide
• Install the managed appliance hardware.
• Access the mouse settings on each server connected to a DS1800 digital switch, DSI5100, CPS
or CCM appliance or DSR switch and set mouse acceleration to Slow or None.
Minimum requirements for the DSView software
The following are the minimum requirements for installing the DSView management software on a
dedicated server or a computer that will function as a DSView software spoke server:
• 1GHz Pentium 3 (2GHz Pentium 4 recommended)
• 512 MB of RAM (1GByte recommended)
• 100BaseT NIC (1GByte LAN recommended)
• 1GB of free disk space
• One of the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows NT
®
Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with the latest
service package
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise and Web Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 3 or 4 (AS, ES and WS products)
Installing the DSView Management Software
The DSView management software may be installed using the DSView management software CD
or by downloading the software in a self-extracting .zip file from the Avocent web site.
To install the DSView software on a supported Windows system:
1. Log on to the dedicated server as Administrator.
2. To install from a CD:
a. Insert the DSView software CD. An autorun file will bring up a menu of
installation options.
b. Click Install DSView Software.
-or-
If autorun is not enabled, type
<drive:>\DSView\win32\setup.exe, where <drive:> is the
letter of your CD-ROM drive.
c. A dialog box will indicate that the server will be verified to ensure it meets the minimum
requirements for installing the DSView software.
To install from a downloaded file:
a. Using your web browser, download the DSView management software from the Avocent
web site. Go to www.avocent.com and click the Support link. On the Technical Support
page, click the Product Upgrades link, then select DS Software Upgrades.