Avocent SPC420 manual System Components

2DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

may also assign unique permissions which allow individual users or a group of users access to units or groups of units.

Proxy server access

The proxy server feature allows keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) and serial sessions to be proxied through the DSView 3 server. When a session is initiated with a target device, the viewer communicates using the Avocent Proxy Protocol (APP) and the DSView 3 server makes a direct connection to the appliance.

Virtual media

On supported KVM switches, a virtual media capable IQ module and the virtual media feature allow 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.

Dual stack support for IPv4 and IPv6

The DSView 3 server is a dual stack host for IPv4 and IPv6 network protocols. Several Avocent appliances support IPv6, including DSR® switches, ACS advanced console servers, MergePoint® service processor (SP) managers and OnBoard SP managers.

Virtual segregation of resources with DS Zones

DS Zones provide virtual segregation of data center resources, including appliances, target devices and virtual machines. You can manage the users, licenses and authentication services assigned to each zone, and transfer units among zones.

System Components

The DSView 3 software system contains the following components.

DSView 3 management software

The DSView 3 software resides on the DSView 3 server (host or hub computer) and provides a web gateway and services for managing units (appliances and target devices) using a web browser. The gateway allows for IP-based video, serial management, Telnet Viewer, third party Telnet viewer, web browser and other supported session types.

Users may connect to the DSView 3 server from DSView 3 software clients and use the DSView 3 Explorer windows to communicate with the system.

DSView 3 server

The DSView 3 server contains the DSView 3 management software. The server provides a centralized database for storing configuration, user, unit and system information. It also provides services for authentication, access control, logging events, monitoring and license management.