Avocent DSView Installer/User Manual page 171

To change the KVM session settings for a DSR switch or DS1800 digital switch:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 88), click on the DSR switch or DS1800 digital switch 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 and then click KVM. The Appliance KVM Session
Settings window will open.
4. In the Inactivity Timeout area, click Enable Inactivity Timeout and use the arrows to specify a
time-out 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.
5. To enable video noise compensation, click the Enable Video Noise Compensation checkbox.
6. In the Encryption Level area, specify an encryption level for the keyboard and mouse and also
for the video:
• DES - SSL Single DES encryption
• 3DES - SSL Triple DES encryption
• 128-Bit SSL - 128-bit encryption which used an ARCFOUR (RC4
• AES - AES encryption
At least one encryption level must be specified for the keyboard and mouse. When you specify
more than one SSL encryption type, the switch negotiates the strongest algorithm that is
supported by both sides. The strongest algorithm is AES, followed by 128 bit, 3DES and DES.
7. Click Save and then click Close. The Units View window will open.
To change the virtual media session settings on a DSR switch:
NOTE: This procedure is valid on the following managed appliances: DSR1030, 1031, 2030, 2035, 4030, 8020
and 8035 switches.
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 88), click on the DSR switch 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 and then click Virtual Media. The Appliance Virtual
Media Session Settings window will open.
4. In the Session Lock area, enable the Virtual Media locked to KVM session checkbox if you
wish to close the virtual media session when the associated KVM session is closed. When this
feature is disabled an active virtual media session will remain active when the associated KVM
session is closed.
5. In the Drive Mappings area, choose an access mode from the Virtual Media Access Mode
menu: read-only or read-write.
Chapter 4: Managing Units
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