Avocent SPC420 manual Product Overview, Features and Benefits

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Product Overview

The DSView® 3 management software version 3.7 is a secure, web browser-based, centralized enterprise management solution that allows users to remotely access, manage, monitor and control target devices through Avocent managed appliances. A session may be launched to a target device with a single point of access.

Features and Benefits

Network rebooting and troubleshooting

The DSView 3 software uses industry standard IP connections so that you can easily troubleshoot a server, or even reboot it, from the Network Operations Center (NOC), from your desk or from any location in the world. With the DSView 3 software, you can access all of your data center devices from a single screen - making complex network access and control remarkably easy. Using out-of- band management, the software can be used to reach and restart servers or other devices that are not functioning or responding to in-band commands, regardless of the state of the equipment’s operating system.

Web-based access and control

The DSView 3 management software provides secure “point-and-click” browser-based access to control virtually any data center device using managed appliances from DSView 3 software clients located anywhere in the world.

Secure authentication and communication

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption may be used to encrypt data traveling within the DSView 3 software system. Users may be authenticated through internal or external services such as LDAP, Active Directory, NT Domain, TACACS+, RADIUS and RSA SecurID.

Unit and user management

The DSView 3 management software provides centralized network access, control and security for managed appliances. A DSView 3 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 3 server. A DSView 3 software administrator