User guide

A warning dialog box will appear if the answer to all three questions is No. To prevent this
warning dialog box from appearing when you connect to a serial device, all three questions
must be answered Yes.
To correct certificate security alerts when connecting to a serial session:
1. In a Units View window that contains serial console appliance target devices (see
Accessing Units View windows on page 118), click the Serial Session link in the Action
field.
You can also access a Unit Overview window for a target device and click the Serial
Session icon or link for the session type (see Unit Overview Windows on page 126).
2. If the certificate is trusted and has not expired, but there is a mismatch of the name on the
DSView software client certificate and the name on the DSView software hub server
certificate, a Warning - HTTPS dialog box will appear. Contact the issuer of your
certificate.
3. When a Warning - Security dialog box appears, you have the following choices:
• If you click Yes, a connection will be made with the appliance and the viewer will
open, but the warning dialog box will continue to appear each time you connect to the
serial console appliance.
• If you click No, a connection will not be made with the serial console appliance.
• If you click Always, the certificate will be added to the Java certificate store.
To create a CSR:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Certificate in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Certificate Properties
window will open.
3. Click Get CSR. A File Download dialog box will appear.
4. Click Open. The CSR is downloaded and displays in the configured text editor.
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Click Save. The Save As dialog box will appear. Select a directory and filename and
click Save to save the CSR.
5. Submit the CSR generated request to a CA to obtain a signed server certificate.
6. Update the DSView server to use the certificate created by the CA.
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