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• To begin configuration of the DSView 3 software, click Done; see Configuring the
DSView 3 Software on page13. A Security Alert dialog box wil l appear containing certifi-
cate information and a warning that the generator of the certificate is not trusted. This
occurs because the DSView 3 server certificate created when the server is installed is a
self-signed certificate. You may either import the certificate into the DSView 3 software
client web browser (choosing to trust the certificate) or obtain a server certificate from a
Certificate Authority (CA) trusted by the web browser.
• To configure the DSView 3 software at a later time, click X (Cancel) in the top right corner
of the window.
To install the DSView 3 software on a supported Linux or Solaris system:
1. Log in to the server as root.
2. Insert the DSView 3 software DVD into your DVD drive. If AutoMount is supported and
enabled, open a command window and continue with step 3.
If your system does not support AutoMount, issue the following command to mount the DVD
volume: mount <device> <mount point>, where <device> and <mount point> are the names
of your server’s DVD Linux or Solaris device and mount point directory, respectively.
For example, to mount the first IDE cdrom on /media/cdrom, enter the command:
mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
3. Enter the following command to access the readme file:
less /<mount point>/DSView/readme
For example, the following command accesses the readme file on the /media/cdrom
mount point.
less /media/cdrom/DSView/readme
4. Follow the instructions in the readme file.
Configuring the DSView 3 Software
After the DSView 3 software has been installed, it must be configured using a web browser.
During configuration, you specify whether the computer will be a hub server or a spoke server. If
this is your first DSView 3 server installation, hub should be selected in the Select DSView Server
Role window. The hub server should be installed before any spoke servers are added.
What you will need
If the computer will be a hub server, you will need the license key obtained from Avocent and
provide a username and password to use for initial log in.
If the computer will be a spoke server, you will need to identify the associated hub server and
provide the name/password of the hub server’s DSView 3 software administrator.