User guide
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• Pager - Displays the pager number defined in the DSView user’s properties. See Specifying
phone contact information for DSView users on page 236 for information on defining a
pager number.
• User Preemption Level - Displays the user preemption level defined in the DSView user’s
properties. See User Preemption Levels on page 21 for information on preemption levels and
Changing the preemption level of DSView users on page 235 for information on defining a
defining a user preemption level.
See Using the Customize Link in DSView Software Windows on page 15 for information on using
the Customize link.
To display DSView users in the User Accounts window:
1. From the DSView 3.0 Explorer, click the Users tab. Accounts is automatically selected in the
top navigation bar, User Accounts - All is automatically selected in the side navigation bar and
the User Accounts - All window will appear including all DSView users in your
DSView system.
2. Click one of the links below User Accounts in the side navigation bar to display the User
Accounts window you wish to view.
Adding DSView Users
Clicking Add in a User Accounts window will display the Add User Wizard, which guides a
DSView user through the process of creating a new user account.
The following are defined when a user account is created:
• Whether the DSView user will be authentication using the DSView Internal authentication or
an external authentication server.
• The user groups in which the DSView user will be included. Each user group contains specific
access rights that allow a DSView user to perform specific actions.
• The preemption level for interrupting or disconnecting serial or KVM sessions. See User
Preemption Levels on page 21 for information on preemption levels.
NOTE: You must have DSView Administrator or User Administrator rights to add a DSView user. See Managing
DSView Users using User Groups on page 329 for more information.
To add DSView users:
1. From a User Accounts window, click the Add button. The Welcome window of the Add User
Account Wizard will appear.
Click Next.
2. The Select Authentication Service window will appear.
The Select Authentication Service window will contain a list of all external authentication
servers and the DSView Internal server that may be used to authenticate the DSView user
when they log in. Any of the following authentication servers may be available: