Chapter 2: Installation

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Windows 2003 Server Standard, Enterprise or Web Edition

Windows Vista Ultimate or Business

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 4 (AS, ES and WS products)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 5

Sun Solaris SPARC 9 and 10

Novell SUSE Linux (x86) Enterprise Server 9 or 10

Macintosh OS X version 10.4 and later

Adobe® Flash Player version 9.0 or later

One of the following browsers:

Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 or 7

Firefox® 2 or 3

Install the latest updates and service packs available for your browser.

If you are using Firefox, the Video Viewer and the Telnet Viewer clients require Java; see Java Installation on page 19.

Opening a client session

Before opening a client session

Enable cookies and JavaScript on the client’s web browser.

Configure the web browser. If you are using Internet Explorer, see Internet Explorer Consider- ations on page 42.

To open a client session:

NOTE: If DSView 3 Software Client Certificate Authentication or DSView 3 Software Client Integrated Windows Authentication is being used, the user will not be required to log in. See Certificates on page 46.

1.From the DSView 3 software client web browser, enter the URL of the server host in the address bar in the format:

https://<servername>/dsview

In this case, <servername> is the DNS name of the host system, or the IP address in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

NOTE: To avoid multiple security warnings, enter the DNS name.

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If you are opening the session on the DSView 3 server, you may select Start - Programs - Avocent DSView 3 - DSView Software.

2.Accept all security alerts that may appear as the client computer connects to the DSView 3 server. The DSView 3 Explorer User Login window will open.

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Avocent SPC420 manual Opening a client session, Before opening a client session, To open a client session