User guide

NOTE: FIPS 140-2 compliance is only supported on MergePoint Unity™ KVM over IP and serial console switch and
ACS 6000 console server.
System Components
The DSView software system contains the following components.
DSView management software
The DSView software resides on the DSView server (host or hub computer) and provides a web
gateway and services for managing units (appliances and target devices) using a web browser.
The gateway allows for IP-based video, serial management, Telnet Viewer, third party Telnet
viewer, web browser and other supported session types.
Users may connect to the DSView server from DSView software clients and use the DSView
Explorer windows to communicate with the system.
DSView server
The DSView server contains the DSView management software. The server provides a
centralized database for storing configuration, user, unit and system information. It also
provides services for authentication, access control, logging events, monitoring and license
management.
You may configure one or more spoke (backup) servers in addition to the hub server. The hub
server is responsible for maintaining the master copy of the database in a DSView software
system. Only one server in a DSView software system may be configured as the hub server.
Spoke servers perform database replication with the hub server. The hub server acts as the
coordinator for database replication between itself and all of the other spoke servers in a
DSView software system. A hub server and a spoke server both offer the same DSView
software functionality to a user. The distinction of hub or spoke refers only to the database
replication role that the server plays and not with the functionality that the server provides.
Adding one or more spoke servers to a DSView software system provides redundancy and the
ability to distribute DSView software functionality across multiple sites.
After the hub server and optional spoke server(s) are configured, you may create and configure
the type of access levels for users within your network environment. You may also set up event
logs to record full details of user access and other events.
DSView software client
A DSView software client is a computer with a web browser that can access the DSView
management software installed on the DSView server.
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