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4 DSView Installer/User GuideFigure 1.1: Example System Configuration Using DS Management SoftwareFeatures and BenefitsNetwork rebooting and troubles

94 DSView Installer/User GuideVT320 Keyboard PC Character Sequence VT320 Keyboard Byte SequenceF14 Ctrl - F6 Esc [ 2 6 ~F15 Ctrl - F7 Esc [

Appendices 95 VT320 Keyboard Function VT320 Keyboard Byte SequenceCharacter Attributes Esc [ mErase from cursor to end of line Esc [ KErase

96 DSView Installer/User GuideAppendix E: Setting SNMP Traps (Windows NT/2000/XP Only)An SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) trap is a notifica

Appendices 97 Appendix F: Menus and CommandsPulldown menusThe DSAuth, DSView Client and remote session windows each contain a number of commands

98 DSView Installer/User GuideDSView Client shortcut menus and commandsIn the DS topology view, you may right-click on any DS appliance’s name or IP

Appendices 99 Previous PageThis command moves the cursor back one page in the history file.Next PageThis command moves the cursor forward one pag

100 DSView Installer/User GuideAppendix G: GlossaryDS applianceA network appliance, such as DSR, DS1800 or CPS which is managed by DS Management Soft

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Chapter 1: Product Overview 5 Creating and managing user permissionsThe DSAdmin and DSAuth applications provide centralized network access, contr

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Contents2InstallationInstalling the DS Management Software Suite . . . . . . .9

Chapter 2: Installation 9 Chapter 2: InstallationInstalling the DS Management Software SuiteInstallation of the DS Management Software suite is c

10 DSView Installer/User Guide3. When prompted to select a program to install, select Install DSAuthentication Server. The software will check the A

Chapter 2: Installation 11 7. When the DSAuth Server has finished installing, a system reboot is required.Installing DSAdminDSAdmin is the admin

12 DSView Installer/User GuideInstalling the DSView ClientThe DSView Client displays a listing of servers that an individual user can access. The DSA

Contents3Basic OperationsLaunching the DS Management Software . . . . . . . . . .15Working with the DS Management Software . . . . . . .15Viewing Tar

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 15 Chapter 3: Basic OperationsLaunching the DS Management SoftwareThis section describes how to launch the DS Managem

16 DSView Installer/User GuideFigure 3.1: DSAdmin, DSView Client and Remote Session WindowsA. Title bar: Displays the currently-selected port from th

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 17 DS topology viewIn the DS topology view, DS appliances and target devices are arranged in a tree structure. Availa

18 DSView Installer/User GuideIf a KVM switch is attached to one or more of these ports, double-clicking on the port name will display the channels o

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 19 IconsIcon Description DS appliance (DS topology view) A target device attached to a DS appliance or KVM switch

20 DSView Installer/User GuideNot poweredPorts that are not powered will have a grey icon covered by a black “X.” The power state of a CPS800 or CPS1

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 21 To add a new DS/DSR appliance to the system:1. Load the DSAdmin software.2. Double-click on the icons labeled T

22 DSView Installer/User Guide5. You will see a list of ports and a corresponding drop-down menu beside it. Using the drop-down menu, select the num

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 23 6. Enter a name for the CPS appliance and select the type of CPS appliance that you are adding.7. Click on the P

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24 DSView Installer/User Guide2. Click the Link button. The Server/SPC Outlet Links dialog box will appear, containing a list of all SPC device names

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 25 4. If desired, type a name in the Name field and modify any other information in the dialog box.5. Click the OK b

26 DSView Installer/User Guide3. Click on the new DS user’s name and check the accessboxes appropriately.To change default DS user permissions:1. R

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 27 NOTE: If you remove all permissions from a port or DS appliance, access to that port or DS appliance will be lost.

28 DSView Installer/User GuideIf a DSView user starts a video session by double-clicking on a port or chan-nel and a color depth setting has not been

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 29 2. Move the slider to the Best Color position.- or -Move the slider to the middle position.- or -Move the slider

30 DSView Installer/User GuideFigure 3.6: The Remote Session WindowUsing Privacy modeIf a DS user needs to access a port while excluding all others,

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 31 Sharing a device sessionWhen you attempt to access a port already in use, you will receive a notifica-tion message

32 DSView Installer/User Guide2. Select one of the following from the General tab:• Default System Timeout Values - The value set by an Administrat

Chapter 3: Basic Operations 33 To terminate the current DS user session using theDisconnect command:1. Select a port in the DSAdmin or DSView Cl

34 DSView Installer/User Guide3. Do one of the following:• Click On to turn the SPC on.• Click Off to turn the SPC off.• Click Reboot to reboot the

Contents4Advanced OperationsChanging the System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37Configuring the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chapter 4: Advanced Operations 37 Chapter 4: Advanced OperationsChanging the System SettingsDepending on the level of security that you require, c

38 DSView Installer/User GuideNOTE: When changing the location of the Audit log, the Administrator must make sure that the full path chosen exists, i

Chapter 4: Advanced Operations 39 Right-click and select Disconnect from the shortcut menu.A message box will appear prompting you to disconnect t

40 DSView Installer/User Guide3. Enter the community of the traps you wish to log in the SNMP Trap Community text fi eld. The default community is pu

Chapter 4: Advanced Operations 41 3. In the left viewer pane, click on Application Log and then chooseAction - Properties from the menu at the to

42 DSView Installer/User Guide2. Click on the primary/backup server pair that you wish to use and click OK.If you select the Show on Startup box, yo

Chapter 4: Advanced Operations 43 2. Within the dialog box, change the mode of operation to Backup Server and enter the name of the primary DSAut

Table of ContentsChapter 1: Product OverviewOverview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Features and Benefit

44 DSView Installer/User Guide2. Choose a resolution. Your desktop will be resized to the resolution speci-fied. Repeat this command to return to yo

Chapter 4: Advanced Operations 45 used. If you choose to use global macros, a temporary copy of the global macro file will be transferred to DSVie

46 DSView Installer/User GuideProgramming a keyboard macroIf you require a key sequence that is not pre-programmed into the DS/DSR appliance, you may

Chapter 4: Advanced Operations 47 The macro will now appear in the macro list and also in the macro com-mands on every DS/DSR appliance’s window

48 DSView Installer/User Guide5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 with F2 and F3.6. The last step is to release the Ctrl key. Double-click on Left Ctrl in the

Chapter 4: Advanced Operations 49 To activate a macro group:1. Select Keyboard - Toolbar Macro Set from the remote session window.2. Select the m

50 DSView Installer/User GuideAdjusting Video ParametersIn some situations, DS users may wish to view several target devices at the same time on the

Chapter 4: Advanced Options 51 Figure 4.6: Video Adjustments Dialog Box Figure 4.7: Video Adjustments Dialog Box (Standard

52 DSView Installer/User GuideTo move the screen to the right, click the Up Arrow on the Left/Right setting. Clicking the Down Arrow moves the image

Chapter 4: Advanced Options 53 Noise Threshold and Priority Threshold (Standard Video Compression)The Noise Threshold and Priority Threshold valu

54 DSView Installer/User GuideVideo scalingAt times, a user may connect to a computer running at a higher resolution than that configured at the user

Chapter 4: Advanced Options 55 To update fi rmware:1. Select File - Update Firmware from the DSAdmin main menu. The Appli-ance Firmware Update d

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ContentsAppendicesAppendix A: Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Appendix B: TCP Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendices 59 AppendicesAppendix A: Technical SupportOur Technical Support staff is ready to assist you with any installation or operating issues

60 DSView Installer/User GuideAppendix B: TCP PortsWhen the DSView Client is launched, the Node Manager will become active. Node Manager will attempt

Appendices 61 After the browse list is returned to Node Manager, the user may double-click on a specific port to initiate a KVM session with that

62 DSView Installer/User GuideFigure B.3: DSView Client Establishing a Session with a DS UnitIf the DSView user wishes to establish a session with an

Appendices 63 DSAdmin functions similarly to the DSView Client. It establishes a connec-tion using TCP/IP port 2068, and uses the same process fo

Contents1Product OverviewOverview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . .

64 DSView Installer/User GuideFigure B.6: Full DiagramAvocentServiceTCP/IPPort 2068TCP/IPPort 8192DSAdminClientTCP/IPPort 8192AvocentServiceDSAdminCl

Appendices 65 Appendix C: Telnet OperationsDSView ships bundled with a built-in proprietary Telnet application that provides features unavailable

66 DSView Installer/User GuideIn Plain Text mode, all data is sent unencrypted to the DS appliance. When Plain Text mode is used, any Telnet applicat

Appendices 67 - or -If the Discover Configured Devices method is used, the security value that is reported by the DS appliance is used.- or -When

68 DSView Installer/User GuideTo open a DSView Telnet session with a target device:1. In the DSView tree view, select a generic device.2. Select Dev

Appendices 69 2. In the Caret list, choose Block to display the cursor as a block or choose Underline to display the cursor as an underline. The

70 DSView Installer/User GuideChanging the terminal emulation modeYou may set the DSView Telnet application to emulate ASCII, VT100, VT100+, VT102, V

Appendices 71 3. In the Arrow Keys list, choose either VT100 or ANSI. The default valueis VT100.Changing the terminal typeThe terminal type is u

72 DSView Installer/User GuideIf the New Line Mode - Outbound box is checked, an outbound carriage return to the device will always be followed by a

Appendices 73 To enable/disable 7-bit ASCII:1. Select Options - Session Properties from the menu bar.- or -Click the Session Settings icon in th

74 DSView Installer/User Guide6. In the Send box, type the Ø-32 alphanumeric character string that you wish to send in response to the Expect string

Appendices 75 To move up (back) one page in the DSView Telnet history:Select View - Previous Page from the menu bar.- or -Click the left-arrow-an

76 DSView Installer/User Guidemenu, you may execute the macro during a Telnet session either by selecting it from the Macros menu or by pressing the

Appendices 77 8. Click the OK button. This returns you to the Macros dialog box, and the newly created macro appears in the Defined Macros table.

78 DSView Installer/User GuideTo enable a macro group for use during Telnet sessions:1. Select Options - Session Properties from the menu bar.- or -C

Appendices 79 The default log directory is session-specific, that is, each Telnet session may have its own location for storing logfiles. You may

80 DSView Installer/User Guide3. Enable the Logging checkbox.4. The Default Directory fi eld displays the current default location for logfi les. If t

Appendices 81 4. Click Log to confi rm the directory selection and begin logging.- or -Click Cancel to exit the dialog box and cancel the request

82 DSView Installer/User GuideTo copy DSView Telnet session history data:1. Select View - History from the menu bar.- or -Click the History icon in

Appendices 83 Appendix D: Terminal EmulationThis appendix contains information about the keys, sequences, encoding and decoding for the DS Manage

Chapter 1: Product Overview 3 Chapter 1: Product OverviewOverviewThe DS Management Software suite is used to manage DS, DSR and CPS net-work appl

84 DSView Installer/User GuideVT100+ terminal emulationThe VT100+ emulation mode provides compatibility with the Microsoft head-less server EMS seria

Appendices 85 VT100 terminal emulationThe following table lists the VT100 special key and control (Ctrl) key combina-tions and indicates Avocent

86 DSView Installer/User GuideKeys Hex Code Function Mnemonic Encode/DecodeCtrl+U 15 NAK Yes/NoCtrl+V 16 SYN Yes/NoCtrl+W 17 ETB Yes/NoCtrl+X 18 C

Appendices 87 The following table lists the ANSI mode control sequences for VT100 terminal emulation and indicates Avocent encoding/decoding supp

88 DSView Installer/User GuideControl Sequence Defi nition Encode/DecodeEsc D Index No/YesEsc E Next Line No/YesEsc M Reverse Index

Appendices 89 Control Sequence Defi nition Encode/DecodeEsc [ 2 Ø h Modes to Set - New Line No/Yes ->Only supports linefeed/new line col

90 DSView Installer/User GuideVT220 terminal emulationThe following table lists the keystroke mapping (encoding) for VT220 emulation.VT220 EncodingVT

Appendices 91 The following table lists the DSView decoding for VT220 terminal emulation.VT220 DecodingVT220 Keyboard Function VT220 Keyboard

92 DSView Installer/User GuideVT220 Keyboard Function VT220 Keyboard Byte SequenceErase parts of current line Esc [ Pn KErase parts of current sc

Appendices 93 The following table lists the DS Management Software decoding for VT52 terminal emulation.VT52 DecodingVT52 Keyboard Function VT