User guide

50 DSView Installer/User Guide

To display server properties:

Click the System tab. DSView Server will automatically be selected in the top navigation bar and

Identity will automatically be selected in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Identity

Properties window will open. The top of the side navigation bar will indicate the name of the

DSView software server.

To change server network properties:

1. Click Network in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Network Properties window

will open.

2. Type a new DSView software server port number in the HTTPS Port field.

If the default value (443) is modified, the port number in the URL must be specified when

accessing the DSView software. For example, if the IP address of the hub server is 10.0.0.1

Trap Destinations

The DSView software server polls DS1800 digital switches, DSI5100, CPS and CCM

appliances and DSR switches to determine if they are responding. If the managed

appliance does not respond, the DSView software server sends an SNMP Loss Of

Communication (LCM) trap or alert to the external SNMP manager. When the

DSView software server detects that the appliance is once again communicating, a

Regained Communication (RCM) trap is sent from the DSView software server.

When a response change occurs during communication between the DSView

software server and a managed appliance, the DSView software writes the event to

the event log and sends an SNMP trap to the configured trap destinations.

Trap destinations may also be specified by clicking on a managed appliance and

changing the SNMP appliance settings.

DSView Client

Sessions

Settings for inactivity time-out, Single Sign-On (SSO) for the session or restrictions to

use specific IP addresses to start the sessions.

IP address of the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server that is used by the

DSView software to send email notifications.

Unit Status Polling

Enables/disables unit status polling for the DSView software server, and specifies

the delay between polling cycles and the number of managed appliances that will be

concurrently polled.

Spoke Servers Enables you to manage the DSView software spoke servers in your system.

* When the DSView software server is running on a Linux system, the IP address field may contain the

loopback address. If this is not desired, edit the /etc/hosts file on the Linux system. Add a new line above the

line that defines the loopback address. The new line should contain the IP address, followed by the host name.

For example, the following new line adds the IP address 172.30.20.206 for the host name sun-jcv -

fc3.avocent.com, above the existing line that defines the loopback address (127.0.0.1).

172.30.20.206 sun-jcv-fc3.avocent.com

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain sun-jcv-fc3.avocent.com localhost sun-jcv-fc3

Table 3.1: Server Properties (Continued)

Property Description