Proxy Servers - Avocent DSView Installer/User Manual

If the DSView 3 management software cannot obtain the certificate information from the
spoke server, a message will appear at the bottom of the DSView Server Certificate - Spoke
Server window. The message states: Remote server is not responding. Information displayed
may not match remote side.
• If the certificate information does not match, go to step 5.
• If the certificate information matches, go to step 6.
5. Click Update. The spoke server certificate information will be updated on the hub server.
6. Click Close. The Spoke Servers window will open.
To update the certificate of a hub server on a spoke server:
1. On the spoke server, click the System tab. DSView Server will automatically be selected in the
top navigation bar and the name of the spoke server will appear at the top of the side
navigation bar.
2. Click Hub Server in the side navigation bar. The Hub Server window will open.
3. In the Hub Server window, click Certificate. The Hub Server Certificate window will open
including information about the spoke server certificate (Actual Certificate) and the certificate
registered for this spoke server on the hub server (Registered Certificate).
If the DSView 3 software cannot obtain the certificate information from the hub server, a
message will appear at the bottom of the DSView Server Certificate - Hub Server window. The
message states: Remote server is not responding. Information displayed may not match
remote side.
If the certificate information does not match, go to step 4.
4. Click Update. The hub server certificate information will be updated on the spoke server.

Proxy servers

Proxy servers are valid on DSR and DS1800 switches, and CCM and CPS appliances.
To specify a proxy server:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Proxy Server in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Proxy Properties window
will open.
a. Type a new port number to use for DSView 3 software client communication with the
Avocent proxy to the logged in DSView 3 software server.
If DSView 3 software clients are located on an external connection, the specified TCP/IP
proxy port must be opened on your firewall.
b. Select the type of Proxy Invocation:
• Click Disable the proxy server to allow all internal and external DSView 3 software
clients to communicate directly with the managed appliances. (This is the default.)
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