User guide

Basic Operations

This chapter describes basic operations and settings, including global system properties, profiles,

built-in user groups and preemption levels.

DSView Help

NOTE: The DSView Help on page 35 section only applies to DSView software versions 3.5 or later.

The DSView help is hosted on the Avocent web site. If you do not have continuous access to the

Internet, you may wish to install the help on the local DSView server.

NOTE: Help for DSView software plug-ins is automatically installed on your local server and is not available from the

Avocent web site.

Configuring the DSView help location

DSView administrators can change the DSView help location at any time. Help is configured

independently for each DSView hub and spoke server.

To configure the DSView help location:

1. Click the System tab, then click DSView Server.

2. Click Properties - Help Configuration in the side navigation bar.

3. Specify the location of the help that will be accessed each time Help - DSView Management

Software Help is clicked.

Select View help from the Avocent web site to access the latest help for your DSView

software version from the Avocent web site (Internet connection required).

-or-

Select View help from this DSView server help location to access the downloaded help

from your local server. Complete the following procedure for Installing DSView help on

a local server on page 36.

4. Click Save.