User guide

Session time-out
A remote session may time-out if there has been no activity in a session window for a specified
time. The session time-out value is configured by the DSView software administrator at the
switch level. See Managed Appliance Settings on page 166.
You may override this value within the DSView Explorer. If you specify a new time-out value,
it will be used the next time the DSView software is started.
Closing a Video Viewer Session
To close a Video Viewer session:
Select File - Exit from the Video Viewer menu.
KVM Session Profiles
KVM session profiles provide a convenient method of controlling KVM session behavior on a
target device. DSView software appliance administrators may add, change and delete KVM
session profiles. A profile is then assigned to a target device. Appliance administrators or users
with unit configure or unit edit rights may assign a profile to one or more target devices.
There is always one KVM session profile, named the Default KVM Session Profile. (This
profile is called the “default profile” for the remainder of this section.) Its configuration may be
changed, but the default profile cannot be deleted. The default profile is used when the profile
assigned to a target device is deleted. It is also used when a target device is added to the
DSView software system and no other profile is assigned.
NOTE: For DSView software systems that are upgraded to version 3.2 or later from an earlier version, existing
target devices will not be assigned a profile.
You may create any number of additional KVM session profiles and then assign them to target
devices. When a new profile is created, it has all settings configured to Inherit Default Settings;
that is, it uses all the settings from the default profile. The appliance administrator may then
change only those settings that differ from the default profile. For example, a new profile may
be identical to the default profile, except with different toolbar settings.
Some settings have a profile override option, which indicates whether users may override the
profile information by using Video Viewer menu commands (see Using Menu Commands to
Manage Session Settings on page 300). If the override option is disabled for a setting in the
profile, the Video Viewer menu selection for that setting will be disabled for the target device
using that profile. If a target device is not assigned a profile, a user with a Video Viewer
connection to that target device may use the Video Viewer menu commands to control their
session.
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