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CHAPTER
3
DSView Software Servers
This chapter describes how to:
• Configure DSView software server properties
• Backup and restore hub servers
• Manage spoke servers
• Manage DSView software licenses
Server Properties
Table 3.1 lists the DSView software server properties.
Table 3.1: Server Properties
Property Description
Identity Name of the DSView software server and the server’s role (hub or spoke).
Network
IP address (*) and port used by clients to access the server using the HTTPS (SSL)
protocol. You may change the port number used for the HTTPS connection.
Certificate
DSView server certificate presented to DSView software client web browsers.
When a DSView software client connects to the server host containing the DSView
software, a Security Alert dialog box will appear. If the client user clicks Yes, the web
browser will accept the certificate for the current session and future sessions to that
server will display the Security Alert dialog box. If the client user chooses Install
Certificate, the self-signed certificate will be installed and trusted on the client and
future sessions to the server will not display the Security Alert dialog box.
You may create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) that can be submitted to a
Certificate Authority (CA) to obtain a signed server certificate.
Proxy Server
When the Avocent proxy server is used, DSView software client KVM and serial
session requests are sent through the DSView software server rather than directly to
the DS1800 digital switch, CPS or CCM appliance or DSR switch, which prevents
the exposure of the internal address of the managed appliance. You may change the
proxy server configuration.
EVR1500 environmental monitor, DSI5100 IPMI and generic appliance sessions are
not sent through the DSView software server, even when the proxy is enabled.