Administrator's Guide

Port requirements .............................................................................................. 27
Ports used ........................................................................................ 27
DSS Address Book access for latest generation devices ................. 28
Hostname resolution ......................................................................... 28
Backup and restore strategy .............................................................................................. 28
Understand DSS data structures ...................................................................... 28
Software capabilities for backup and restore .................................................... 29
Scaling the DSS server ..................................................................................... 29
Limitations ........................................................................................ 30
Features and factors that limit scalability .......................................... 30
Recommendations ............................................................................ 30
Licensing ............................................................................................................................ 30
Activating licenses ............................................................................................. 31
Install licenses ................................................................................................... 32
Trial or demo license ......................................................................................... 32
Upgrading from previous products .................................................................... 32
Node locking ..................................................................................................... 32
Device differences ............................................................................................................. 33
Installation .......................................................................................................................................... 34
Pre-installation checklist .................................................................................................... 34
Installer screens and options ............................................................................................. 34
Configuration ...................................................................................................................................... 36
Configuration Utility ............................................................................................................ 36
Licensing ............................................................................................................................ 37
Add licenses ...................................................................................................... 38
Remove licenses ............................................................................................... 39
Auto-generated licenses ................................................................................... 39
Device management .......................................................................................................... 40
Add and remove devices ................................................................................... 42
Device configuration .......................................................................................... 44
Understanding the Device List .......................................................................... 45
Device grouping ................................................................................................ 45
Authentication .................................................................................................................... 46
Configure DSS .................................................................................................. 46
Authentication methods .................................................................... 46
LDAP bind ........................................................................................ 53
How to .............................................................................................. 54
Configure the Device ......................................................................................... 56
How to .............................................................................................. 57
General Device configuration ............................................................................................ 58
General subtab .................................................................................................. 59
Addressing subtab ............................................................................................ 60
Log subtab ........................................................................................................ 62
Preferences subtab ........................................................................................... 63
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