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• Preemption Level - Effective user preemption level for the user that is connected to the
appliance port. See Preemption Levels on page 21.
• (CPS or CCM appliances) Client - IP address of the DSView 3 software client computer
connected to the appliance in a non-proxied connection. The IP address of the DSView 3 proxy
will display in this column if the client is connected to the appliance using a proxy connection.
• (CPS or CCM appliances) Interface - Interface to which to the session is connected, which is
either a serial port or the network CLI.
To display session information:
NOTE: This procedure is valid on the following managed appliances: DS1800 switches, CPS appliances, CCM
appliances and DSR switches.
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 88), click on the appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Sessions. The Appliance
Sessions window will open.
3. To display information about a specific session, click on the name of the KVM, virtual media
or serial session. The Active Session Information window will open, including information
about the active session.
4. Click Close. The Appliance Sessions window will open.
5. Click Close. The Units View window will open.
To display or change the session settings for a CCM or CPS appliance:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 88), click on the CCM or CPS appliance name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Sessions. The Appliance
Sessions window will open.
3. Click Settings in the side navigation bar. The Appliance Settings - Sessions - Settings window
will open. The display includes SSH settings for the appliance.
4. Specify the how the most recent 64K bytes of online and offline data (history) from a serial
port will be controlled:
• Auto - Displays the history buffer content to a Telnet window.
• Hold - Saves the buffer contents. To display the contents, you must access the appliance
CLI and issue a Port History command.
5. Click Enable Inactivity Timeout and use the arrows to specify a value (from 1-90 minutes) that
the managed appliance will wait during inactive intervals until the session is closed and the
user must log back into the managed appliance.
6. (CCM appliances only) In the Serial Session Share Mode area, enable one of the radio buttons:
Disable, Auto or Query.
7. Click Save and then click Close. The Units View window will open.