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• Normal - An interactive session that may be shared with other users. When two or
more users are sharing the session, the mode will change to Sharing Interactive.
• Exclusive - A private session that does not allow sharing by other users.
• Sharing Interactive - A session that is being shared by two or more users. Interactive
users have full control of the video, mouse and keyboard. Passive users may also share
the session, but may only display the session and have a mode of Sharing Passive.
A user may display the usernames of other users sharing the session if View
identity of shared connections is checked in the Video Viewer Session
Properties dialog box or if the user is a member of the administrators user
group. Users viewing the session in Stealth mode will not be listed. If users
disconnect from the session and a single user remains connected, the mode
will change to Normal.
• Sharing Passive - A session that is being shared by two or more users. Passive users
may only display the DSView software session. Interactive users may also share the
session, but have full control of the video, mouse and keyboard and have a state of
Sharing Interactive.
A user may display the usernames of other users sharing the software session if
View identity of shared connections is checked in the Video Viewer Session
Properties dialog box or if the user is a member of the built-in administrators
user group. Users viewing the session in Stealth mode will not be listed. If
other users disconnect from the session and a single user remains connected,
the mode will change to Normal.
• Scan - A temporary non-exclusive DSView software session that displays connected
target devices in a thumbnail viewer.
• (KVM switches) Owner - Username of the logged in user that owns the session connected
to the managed appliance.
• (KVM switches) Port - Managed appliance port number connected to the session.
• Preemption Level - Effective user preemption level for the user that is connected to the
appliance port. See Preemption Levels on page 45.
• (serial console appliances) Client - IP address of the DSView software client computer
connected to the appliance in a non-proxied connection. The IP address of the DSView
proxy will display in this column if the client is connected to the appliance using a proxy
connection.
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