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6. If available, click the Flash Required button to ensure that these settings remain even if
power is interrupted. If the Flash Required button is not displayed, the settings have been
saved to non-volatile Flash memory on the appliance.
Viewing and customizing the SSH server settings
To view and customize the SSH server settings:
1. In a Units View window, click on the appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings, click Data Logging and then Settings in the side navigation bar.
3. In the DSView Server IP field, enter the IP address for the DSView server that will receive
data logs. This may be either the hub or a spoke server.
4. In the Syslog Server Port field, enter the Syslog port that you set in Enabling the Syslog
server on page 212.
5. In the SSH Server Port field, enter the SSH port that you set in Enabling the SSH server on
page 211.
NOTE: It is recommended that no more than 2048 data logging and SSH Passthrough sessions be open
concurrently.
6. The Appliance Configuration Section contains several fields for managing the SSH sessions
and buffer warning events. Each field contains the Avocent recommended value, but you
may change these values if needed.
• SSH Idle Timeout (seconds): If the SSH session is inactive for the specified amount of
time, it will be closed. The default time-out is 15 seconds.
• SSH Start Threshold (bytes): The appliance will log data in its local memory. Once it
meets the threshold specified in this field, it will attempt to open an SSH session to the
DSView server. The default threshold is 10 KB.
• SSH Tunnel Buffer Size (bytes): If the SSH session cannot be opened, the appliance
will continue to store data logs in its local memory until it reaches the size specified in
this field. The default buffer size is 1 MB.
NOTE: The appliance may be prevented from opening an SSH session if a firewall is blocking traffic, the DSView
SSH service is disabled or the IP address and TCP port settings are incorrect.
• Buffer Full First Warning (bytes): If an SSH session cannot be opened, a first warning
will be sent once the appliance local memory reaches the size specified in this field.
The recommended first warning size is 500KB.
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