User guide

42 DSView Installer/User Guide
A security alert box will appear containing certificate information. See Using certificates on
page 31 for more information.
The DSView Explorer will open with the Welcome page of the DSView Server
Configuration Wizard.
Click Next.
2. The Select DSView Server Role window opens.
Click Hub to assign the dedicated server as the hub server, then click Next. Continue to step 3.
-or-
Click Spoke to assign the dedicated server as a spoke server, then click Next. Continue to
step 8.
3. The Type in Master License Key window opens. Type the Avocent-provided license key for
the DSView software hub server, then click Next. (DSView management software license keys
prior to version 3.0 are not valid.)
If you did not receive a license key, click the http://www.avocent.com/activation link to obtain
a license key.
If the entered license is already in use on another dedicated server, you will receive a license
violation when you log in, and you must then configure the server as a spoke server.
4. The Type in Initial Administrator Account window opens. Type a username, a password and
confirm the password of the user to whom you wish to give administrator privileges.
Usernames are case sensitive and may contain up to 64 characters. Click Next.
5. The Updating hub Configuration window will open with the message Request In Progress
Please Wait. The license key will be installed and a DSView software administrator account
will be created. The built-in user groups will also be created.
6. The Completed Successful window will open when configuration is completed. Click Finish.
7. The User Login window will open in the DSView Explorer.
You may now log in using the username and password specified during configuration.
If you chose to configure the server as a spoke server in the Select DSView Server Role window or
if you entered a duplicate software license key in the Type in Master License Key window,
continue with the following steps.
NOTE: The DSView management software versions of the spoke server and the hub server must match in order
to register the spoke server. For example, you may not register a spoke server running DSView management
software version 3.0 with a hub server running DSView management software 3.1.
8. The Type in Hub Server Address and Port window will open. Type the address of the DSView
software hub server using standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) or type the DNS name in
the Address field. Click Next.
9. The Accept DSView Server Certificate window will open. Click Next to accept the certificate.