User guide

36 DSView Installer/User Guide
Configuring the DSView Software
Once the DSView software has been installed, it must be configured using a web browser. During
the installation process, you are given the choice of launching the web browser or quitting the
installation and configuring the DSView software at a later time by launching the DSView
software. The DSView software includes the DSView Server Configuration Wizard for easy, step-
by-step configuration.
When you initially configure the DSView software installation, a Security Alert dialog box will
appear and ask you to verify that the certificate on the dedicated system is valid before you may
proceed. During configuration, you specify whether the computer will be a Hub DSView Server or
Spoke DSView Server.
NOTE: If this is your first DSView Server installation, Hub should be selected in the Select DSView Server Role
window. The Hub DSView Server should be installed first before any Spoke DSView Servers are added to your
DSView system.
If the computer is to act as a Hub DSView Server, you will enter the license key obtained from
Avocent and provide a username and password that will be used to initially log in to the DSView
software to add and manage DSView users and units (target devices, CPS appliances, DSR
switches, EVR1500 environmental monitors and generic appliances).
If you specify that the computer will act as a Spoke DSView Server, you will specify the following:
• The Hub DSView Server for which the computer acts as a Spoke DSView Server.
• The name and password of an existing DSView Administrator for the Hub DSView Server.
NOTE: Spoke DSView Servers replicate the data on the Hub DSView Server. The Hub DSView Server contains
the DSView software data that DSView Clients access. See Specifying and Managing Spoke Authentication
Servers on page 103 for more information on Spoke DSView Servers.
To configure the DSView software:
1. If you are configuring the DSView software during the installation process, click Done in the
Launch Default Browser window.
-or-
If you quit the DSView software installation process before configuring the software, select
Start - Programs - Avocent DSView Software - DSView 3.0.
NOTE: A security alert box will appear containing certificate information. See Using Certificates with the DSView
Software on page 22 for more information on certificates.
The DSView 3.0 Explorer will appear containing the Welcome page of the DSView Server
Configuration Wizard.
Click Next.