Avocent SPC420 manual Digital Certificate, DSR switch, DSView 3 software client session

392DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

•Deliver TCP/IP stack configuration parameters, such as the subnet mask and default router

•Provide other configuration information, such as printer addresses

Digital Certificate

A digital certificate is an attachment to an electronic message used for security purposes. The most common use of a digital certificate is to verify that users sending a message are who they claim to be, and to provide the receiver with the means to encode a reply.

An individual wishing to send an encrypted message applies for a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA). The CA issues an encrypted digital certificate containing the applicant's public key and a variety of other identification information. The CA makes its own public key readily available through print publicity or perhaps on the Internet.

The recipient of an encrypted message uses the CA's public key to decode the digital certificate attached to the message, verifies it as issued by the CA and then obtains the sender's public key and identification information held within the certificate. With this information, the recipient can send an encrypted reply.

The most widely used standard for digital certificates is X.509.

DSR switch

The DSR switch is part of the Avocent digital KVM switch series of products that allows KVM signals to be transmitted over a standard TCP/IP connection.

DSView 3 management software

The DSView 3 management software is an Avocent software component installed on a PC. The DSView 3 management software provides the IP-based centralized services required for management of managed appliances and target devices, including centralized authentication, access control, logging events, monitoring, license management and so on. DSView 3 software clients interact with the software using the DSView 3 Explorer.

DSView 3 server

A DSView 3 server is a customer provided PC on which the DSView 3 management software is installed.

DSView 3 software client

The DSView 3 software client is a customer provided PC with an installed web browser. The web browser accesses the DSView 3 server and provides the user interface (that is, the DSView 3 Explorer) for the DSView 3 software system. The DSView 3 Explorer enables users to access and administer the server, managed appliances and target devices.

DSView 3 software client session

The DSView 3 software client session is a single HTML session between the client web browser and the server. For each DSView 3 software client session, the user must log into the DSView 3 server. Multiple DSView 3 software client sessions can exist between a given DSView 3 software client PC and the DSView 3 server. This occurs when the user launches another web browser window and connects to the same DSView 3 server.

A DSView 3 software client session may contain multiple target device sessions.