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Infrastructure Management &
Monitoring Solutions
In this example, we see the device we are looking for highlighted in
blue at the bottom of the rack and named EN023.
Select the device and select/expand the Properties menu on the
right side of the Avocent® Data Center Planner software to see the
general details for that equipment.
You will see the link that was set up to launch a direct connection
to that device using the DSView
TM
software. Click on Launch KVM
Session and a remote session window will open to provide a direct
remote connection to that device.
IT equipment that have serial consoles/configuration ports such as
network switches, Linux servers and other device ports can also be
connected to the DSView software remotely.
Select Launch Serial Session to establish a direct remote connection
to the serial port of that device.
Benefits
– Remote deployment and configuration of equipment
 •AllowITstafftobeleveragedacrossmultiplesites
 •Shortentimetakentoconfigure/deploy
– Remote access for faster problem/incident management
 •Directremoteaccesstoawidevarietyofdevices
 •Shortenresponsetimeandmeantimetorepair
 •Reduceneedtotravelon-site
 •Improvesecurityandreducephysicalaccessandaudittrailof
remote access activities
Avocent
®
DSView
TM
Management Software Integration
with Avocent Data Center Planner