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Sommario

• DSView® 3Management SoftwareVersion 3.7

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• Table of Contents

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• List of Figures

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• List of Tables

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• Product Overview

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  • Features and Benefits

    21
  • System Components

    22
    • Third party products

      23
    • Partner products

      23
  • Supported Units

    24
    • Target devices

      27
    • Power devices

      27
  • System Configuration

    27
• Installation

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  • About Installation

    29
    • Minimum requirements for the DSView 3 software

      29
    • Before installing and configuring the DSView 3 software

      30
  • Installing the DSView 3 Software

    30
  • Upgrading the DSView 3 Software

    33
    • Recommended upgrade process

      34
  • Configuring the DSView 3 Software

    34
  • Running the DSView 3 Software

    36
    • Minimum client requirements

      36
    • Opening a client session

      37
    • Regaining access

      38
  • Uninstalling the DSView 3 Software

    38
  • Closing a DSView 3 Software Session

    39
  • Java Installation

    39
  • Avocent Viewer Plug-in Installation

    40
  • Installing the DSR Remote Operations Software

    41
• DSView 3 Explorer Windows

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  • Accessing Target Devices

    44
  • Using the Side Navigation Bar

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  • Using Windows

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    • Sorting information in a window

      46
    • Filtering information in a window

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    • Saving information in a window

      47
    • Using the Customize link in windows

      48
    • Displaying pages

      49
    • Bookmarking a window

      50
    • Printing a window

      50
    • Refreshing a window

      50
  • Using keyboard commands

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• Basic Operations

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  • DSView 3 Help

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    • Configuring the DSView 3 help location

      53
    • Installing DSView 3 help on a local server

      54
  • Global System Properties

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  • Legal Notice

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  • PCI Compliance Configuration

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  • Profiles

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    • Changing user options

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    • Changing the color scheme

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    • Changing your password

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    • Choosing the serial session application

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    • Specifying a user certificate

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    • Specifying an SSH key

      59
    • Enabling user credential caching

      60
  • Built-in User Groups

    60
  • Preemption Levels

    61
  • Internet Explorer Considerations

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    • Managing ActiveX® controls

      63
    • Security zones

      64
    • Advanced Internet options

      65
  • Certificates

    66
    • System certificate policy and trust store

      67
  • Integrated Windows Authentication

    69
  • Firewalls

    70
  • VPNs

    71
  • NAT Devices

    73
  • Licenses

    74
    • Adding a new license key

      76
  • System Information

    76
  • ISV Partners

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• DSView 3 Servers

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  • Server Properties

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    • Server certificates

      81
    • Avocent proxy server

      85
    • Server trap destinations

      86
    • Client session information

      86
    • DSView 3 software modem sessions

      87
    • Email

      88
    • Unit status polling

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  • Backing up and Restoring Hub Servers Manually

    89
  • Spoke Servers

    92
  • Replication

    95
• Authentication Services

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  • Supported Authentication Services

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    • DSView 3 software internal authentication service

      100
    • Active Directory external authentication service

      102
    • Windows NT external authentication service

      107
    • LDAP external authentication service

      108
    • RADIUS external authentication service

      113
    • TACACS+ external authentication service

      115
  • RSA SecurID external authentication service

    118
  • User Authentication Services Window

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• Units View Windows

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  • Types of Units View windows

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  • Topology view

    124
  • Accessing Units View windows

    126
  • Showing and hiding units

    127
  • Units View windows fields

    127
  • Multiple unit operations from a Units View window

    131
  • Unit Overview Windows

    132
  • Unit Status Window

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• Adding and Deleting Units

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  • Adding Units

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    • Wizards that add units

      136
    • Adding a single managed appliance

      136
    • Adding a single embedded appliance

      138
    • Adding managed appliances from a range or list of IP addresses

      140
    • Adding a generic appliance or an EVR1500 environmental monitor

      142
    • Adding a target device

      142
  • Deleting Units

    143
    • Automatically deleting attached units

      143
• Synchronizing the DSView 3 Software Database

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  • Name Synchronization

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    • Automatic name push

      146
    • Automatic name pull

      147
    • Manual name push

      148
    • Manual name pull

      149
  • Topology Synchronization

    150
    • Automatic topology synchronization

      151
    • Topology synchronization options in the Add Unit Wizard

      151
    • Topology synchronization options in the Resync Wizard

      152
    • Merging target devices

      153
    • Merging or splitting cascade switches

      154
  • Automatic Discovery

    155
  • Automatic Inheritance for Group Memberships and Properties

    155
• Managing Units

  157
  • Appliance Configuration Templates

    157
    • Saving appliance configuration templates

      157
    • Modifying appliance configuration template properties

      158
    • Applying appliance configuration templates

      158
  • Unit Properties

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  • About Access Rights

    164
    • How access rights can be assigned

      165
  • Unit Access Rights

    166
  • Managed Appliance Status

    167
  • Managed Appliance Settings

    167
  • Managed Appliance SNMP Settings

    169
  • Target Device Settings

    170
  • Target Device Services

    171
  • Target Device Naming

    172
  • IQ Module Settings

    173
  • KVM Switch and Cascade Switch Settings

    174
    • OSCAR interface settings

      176
  • Local Account Settings

    177
  • Embedded Units

    180
    • Launching embedded unit sessions

      180
    • Changing embedded unit credentials

      181
  • Asset and Usage Reports

    182
    • Asset

      182
    • Usage

      183
• Power Devices and Power Device Sockets

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  • Power Devices

    185
  • Power Device Input Feed

    187
  • Power Device Sockets

    188
  • Power Control of Devices Attached to Power Devices

    189
• Unit Sessions and Connections

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  • Managed Appliance Session Settings

    191
  • Active Sessions

    196
    • All active sessions

      196
    • Active sessions on a target device

      198
    • Active modem sessions

      199
  • Connections to Units

    201
    • Connection display format

      201
    • Renaming a managed appliance connection

      202
    • Adding and deleting target device connections

      203
    • Merging virtual and physical target device connections

      203
• Data Logging

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  • Configuring Data Logging

    206
    • Enabling the SSH server

      207
    • Enabling the Syslog server

      207
    • Enabling and disabling data logging on units

      208
    • Verifying the data logging settings for each connection

      208
    • Viewing and customizing the SSH server settings

      209
    • Configuring the buffer warnings events as SNMP

      210
    • Specifying where data log files will be stored

      210
    • Archiving and deleting data log files

      211
  • Viewing Data Log Files

    213
• SSH Passthrough Sessions

  215
  • Configuring SSH Passthrough

    215
    • Enabling SSH Passthrough

      215
    • SSH port sharing

      216
  • SSH Passthrough Sessions

    217
    • Establishing an SSH Passthrough connection to a unit

      218
    • Escape key sequence

      220
    • Break sequences

      220
    • Transferring read/write access

      222
    • Disconnecting a session

      222
    • Displaying session output

      222
    • Supported service processor commands

      223
• Grouping Units

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  • Site, Department and Location Groups

    225
  • Custom Fields

    227
  • Unit Groups

    230
    • Unit group hierarchy

      232
    • Adding or deleting a unit group

      234
    • Changing the unit group properties

      235
• DS Zones

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  • Managing and Accessing Zones

    239
    • Enabling DS Zones

      239
    • Creating zones

      239
    • Accessing zones

      240
    • Transferring units to a zone

      241
    • Managing zone properties

      241
  • Using Zones

    243
    • Units actions in a zone

      243
• Managing User Accounts

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  • User Accounts Windows

    249
  • Adding User Accounts

    251
  • Deleting User Accounts

    253
  • Unlocking User Accounts

    253
  • Resetting a User Account Password

    253
  • Changing User Account Properties

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    • Username

      254
    • User certificates

      255
    • User SSH key

      255
    • User password

      256
    • User account restrictions and expiration settings

      256
    • User group membership

      257
    • Preemption level

      257
    • Address

      257
    • Phone contact

      258
    • Email contact

      258
    • User notes

      258
    • Custom field properties

      259
  • User Access Rights

    259
• User Groups

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  • Adding User-defined User Groups

    262
  • Deleting User-defined User Groups

    264
  • User Group Properties

    265
  • Changing User Group Members

    265
  • User Group Access Rights

    266
• Using the Video Viewer

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  • About the Video Viewer

    269
  • Window Features

    270
  • Opening a KVM Session

    271
    • Opening an exclusive KVM session

      272
    • Connecting to an existing session

      272
    • Video Viewer session properties

      273
    • Session time-out

      274
  • Closing a Video Viewer Session

    274
  • KVM Session Profiles

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    • General profile settings

      275
    • Cursor profile settings

      277
    • Toolbar profile settings

      278
    • Video profile settings

      278
    • Managing KVM session profiles

      279
  • Using Menu Commands to Manage Session Settings

    283
    • General commands

      283
    • Cursor commands

      284
    • Toolbar commands

      285
    • Video commands

      285
    • Mouse scaling command

      286
    • Avocent Mouse Sync

      286
  • Manual Video Adjustment

    287
  • Saving the View

    290
  • Displaying Video Viewer Users

    290
  • Scan Mode

    291
    • About scan mode

      291
    • Thumbnail Viewer features

      291
    • Performing Thumbnail Viewer tasks

      293
  • Macros

    294
    • Macro groups

      297
  • Power Control of Devices Attached to Power Devices

    299
  • Using Virtual Media

    299
    • Virtual Media dialog box

      300
    • Virtual media session settings

      301
    • Opening a virtual media session

      301
    • Closing a virtual media session

      303
  • Using Smart Cards

    303
  • Video Viewer Troubleshooting

    304
• Using the Telnet Viewer

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  • About the Telnet Viewer

    307
  • Telnet Viewer Window Features

    307
    • Telnet Viewer window toolbar

      309
  • Security Property

    310
  • Opening a Session

    310
  • Customizing the Telnet Viewer

    311
  • Customizing Session Properties

    312
    • Login scripts

      314
  • Reviewing Session Data

    315
  • Macros

    316
    • Macro groups

      318
  • Logging

    319
  • Copying, Pasting and Printing Session Data

    322
  • Power Control of Devices Attached to Power Devices

    323
  • Closing a Telnet Viewer Session

    324
• Using Tools

  325
  • Using Unit Tools

    325
    • Exporting units

      325
    • Exporting access rights

      327
    • Merging target devices

      327
    • Merging target device endpoints

      328
    • Importing DSView 2.x software databases

      329
    • Importing data

      332
  • Using the Managed Appliance Tools

    333
    • Rebooting

      333
    • Upgrading firmware

      334
    • Resynchronizing units

      335
    • Saving a managed appliance configuration

      336
    • Restoring a managed appliance configuration

      336
    • Saving a managed appliance user database

      337
    • Restoring a managed appliance user database

      337
• Using Tasks

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  • Using the Tasks Window

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    • Adding tasks

      340
    • Specifying when to run tasks

      340
    • Adding tasks using the Add Task Wizard

      342
    • Task: Backup DSView 3 software database and system files

      343
    • Task: Configure SNMP trap settings on a managed appliance

      344
    • Task: Power control a target device

      344
    • Task: Exporting an event log .csv file

      345
    • Task: Migrating units

      346
    • Task: Sending an IPMI chassis control command to target devices

      348
    • Task: Test modem connections to selected units

      349
    • Task: Updating the firmware of an appliance type

      349
    • Task: Validating user accounts on an external authentication server

      350
    • Task: Pull names from selected units

      350
    • Task: Update topology for selected units

      351
    • Task: Backup Power Manager database

      352
    • Task: Restore Power Manager database

      353
    • Running tasks manually

      354
    • Displaying task results

      354
    • Deleting tasks

      355
    • Changing tasks

      355
  • Firmware Management

    356
• Events and Event Logs

  359
  • Event Severity and Categories

    359
    • Event severity

      359
    • Event categories

      360
  • Email Notifications

    360
  • Enabling and Disabling Event Logging

    363
  • Displaying the Event Log

    363
    • Event states

      365
    • Using the date filter

      366
  • Changing the Event Log Retention Period

    366
  • Creating an Event Log .csv File

    367
• Plug-ins

  369
  • Recommended Sequence for Adding/Upgrading Plug-ins

    369
  • Adding Plug-ins

    370
  • Displaying Plug-in Information

    370
  • Managing Plug-ins

    372
    • Upgrading a plug-in

      372
    • Disabling and activating a plug-in

      373
• Appendices

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  • Appendix A: Technical Support

    375
  • Appendix B: TCP and UDP Ports

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    • KVM switch ports

      376
    • Serial console appliance ports

      378
    • DSView 3 server ports

      380
    • Generic appliance ports

      380
    • External authentication ports

      382
    • SNMP ports

      382
  • Appendix C: DSR Remote Operations Software

    384
    • Before using the DSR Remote Operations software

      386
    • Installing the DSR Remote Operations software

      386
    • Using the DSR Remote Operations software

      388
    • Window features

      388
    • Rebooting a switch

      391
    • Managing servers

      391
    • Power control of devices attached to power device sockets

      391
  • Appendix D: Terminal Emulation

    393
    • VT terminal emulation

      393
    • VT100+ terminal emulation

      394
    • VT102 terminal emulation

      394
    • VT100 terminal emulation

      395
    • VT220 terminal emulation

      400
    • VT52 terminal emulation

      404
    • VT320 terminal emulation

      405
  • Appendix E: Regaining Access to the DSView 3 Software

    409
  • Appendix F: Glossary

    410
  • Index

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    • A

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    • B

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    • C

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    • D

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    • E

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    • F

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    • G

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    • H

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    • I

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    • J

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    • K

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    • L

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    • M

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    • N

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    • O

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    • P

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    • R

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    • S

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    • T

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    • U

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    • V

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    • W

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    • X

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    • Z

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