System Components - Avocent DSView Installer/User Manual

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Secure authentication and communication
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption may be used to encrypt data traveling within the DSView
software system. Users may be authenticated using the DSView software server internal database,
or using a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Active Directory
domain external authentication server.
Creating and managing user permissions
The DSView management software provides centralized network access, control and security for
managed appliances. A DSView software administrator may add, remove, delete and change
settings for managed appliances and target devices, including assigning permissions and per-device
contact information, which are stored on the DSView software server. A DSView software
administrator may also assign unique permissions which allow individual users or a group of users
access to units.
Users may be authenticated using the local DSView software internal database or by an
external server.
Proxy server access
The DSView management software also contains a proxy server feature that allows keyboard,
video and switch (KVM) and serial sessions to be proxied through the DSView software server.
When a session is initiated with a target device, the Video Viewer communicates using the Avocent
Proxy Protocol (APP) and the DSView software server makes a direct connection to the appliance.
Virtual media
On certain DSR switch models, the DSRIQ-USB2 module and the virtual media feature allows the
client workstation user to load files onto USB2-compatible target devices when the usual network
resources are unavailable.
Mapping physical drives or image files on the client system as virtual drives on the target device
can accommodate critical tasks required on the target device, such as operating system installation
or recovery, BIOS updating and configuration backups.

System Components

The following components comprise a DSView software system.
DSView management software
The DSView management software resides on the DSView software server (host computer) and
provides a web gateway and services for managing units (managed appliances and target devices)
using a web browser. The gateway allows for IP-based video, serial management, Telnet/SSH
applet or web browser sessions.
Users may connect to the DSView software server from DSView software clients and use the
DSView Explorer window to communicate with the system.
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