User guide

28 DSView Installer/User Guide
Before Installing the DSView software
You must perform the following before installing the DSView software:
• Install the hardware - Install the managed appliance (DSR switch, CPS serial over IP network
appliance, EVR1500 environmental monitor and control appliance and generic
appliance) hardware.
• Set up each server - Access mouse settings on each server connected to the DSR switch or CPS
appliance and set mouse acceleration to Slow or None.
Minimum requirements for the DSView software
The following are the minimum requirements for installing the DSView software on a dedicated
server or a computer that will function as a Spoke DSView Server:
• 1GHz Pentium 3 (2GHz Pentium 4 recommended)
• 512 Mbyte of RAM (1GByte recommended)
• 100BaseT NIC (1GByte LAN recommended)
• One of the following operating systems:
• Windows NT Server
• Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with the latest service package
• Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise and Web Edition
• 1Gbytes of free disk space
The DSView software may be installed using the DSView software CD or by downloading the
software in a self-extracting .zip file from the Avocent web site.
To install the DSView software:
1. Log on to the dedicated server as Administrator.
2. To install from a CD:
a. Insert the DSView 3.0 CD. An autorun file will bring up a menu of installation options.
A menu of installation options will appear.