User guide

56 DSView Installer/User Guide
Setting up a DSView Server
The DSView Server may be installed and configured on multiple computers to provide redundancy
and allows DSView functionality to be distributed across multiple sites. For maximum security, a
backup computer may be added as a Spoke DSView Server.
When the DSView software is installed on a computer, the DSView Administrator determines the
role of the DSView Server. Once the DSView software has been installed, the Register Spoke
Server and Promote to Hub Server commands may be used to reconfigure the server's role. See
Specifying and Managing Spoke Authentication Servers on page 103 for more information.
Hub DSView Server Properties
From the DSView 3.0 Explorer, click the System tab. DSView Server is automatically selected in
the top navigation bar and the name of the Hub DSView Server will appear in the side navigation
bar.
The following Hub DSView Server properties may be displayed and/or modified by clicking on a
side navigation link under Properties:
• Identity - Displays the DSView Server Identification Properties window, which contains the
name of the DSView Server and the server’s role.
• Network - Displays the DSView Server Network Properties window, which contains the IP
address and port used by DSView Clients to access the DSView Server using the HTTPS
(SSL) protocol. You may modify the port number used for the HTTPS connection.
• Certificate - Displays the DSView Server Certificate Properties window, which contains the
DSView server certificate presented to DSView Client web browsers.
NOTE: When a DSView Client connects to the DSView Server host containing the DSView software, a Security
Alert dialog box will appear. If the Client DSView user clicks Yes, the web browser will accept the certificate for
the current session and future sessions to the DSView Server will display the Security Alert dialog box. If the
DSView Client user chooses Install Certificate, the self-signed certificate will be installed and trusted on the
DSView Client and future sessions to the DSView Server will not display the Security Alert dialog box.
You may create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) that can be submitted to a Certificate
Authority (CA) in order to obtain a signed server certificate. Click the Get CSR button to create
the CSR request, or click Update to update the DSView server’s certificate.
• Proxy Server - Displays the DSView Server Proxy Properties window, which enables you to
change the configuration of the proxy server for KVM and Serial sessions. When the Avocent
proxy server is used, DSView Client KVM and Serial session requests are sent through the
DSView Server rather than directly to the DSR switch or CPS appliance, which prevents the
exposure of the internal address of DSR switches or CPS appliances.
NOTE: EVR1500 environmental monitor and generic appliance sessions are not sent through the DSView
Server, even when the proxy is enabled.