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60DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

Table 5.1: Server Properties (Continued)

Property	Description
	The DSView 3 server polls KVM switches or serial console appliances to determine if they
	are responding. If the managed appliance does not respond, the DSView 3 server sends an
	SNMP Loss Of Communication (LCM) trap or alert to the external SNMP manager. When
Trap	the DSView 3 server detects that the appliance is once again communicating, a Regained
	Communication (RCM) trap is sent from the DSView 3 software server.
Destinations	When a response change occurs during communication between the DSView 3 server and
	a managed appliance, the DSView 3 software writes the event to the event log and sends
	an SNMP trap to the configured trap destinations.
	Trap destinations may also be specified by clicking on a managed appliance and changing
	the SNMP appliance settings.
DSView Client	Settings for inactivity time-out, authentication policy, Single Sign-On (SSO) for the session
	or restrictions to use specific IP addresses to start the sessions. Also displayed the number
Sessions
	of client sessions currently in use.
DSView Modem	Settings for dial-up sessions, including inactivity time-out, time to wait for a connection and
Session	dial-back number.
Email	IP address of the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server that is used by the DSView
	3 software to send email notifications.
Unit Status	Enables/disables unit status polling for the DSView 3 server, and specifies the delay
	between polling cycles and the number of managed appliances that will be concurrently
Polling
	polled.
Spoke Servers	Enables you to manage the DSView 3 software spoke servers in your system.
Data Logging	Settings for data log file location, archiving and Syslog server.

To display server properties:

Click the System tab. DSView Server will automatically be selected in the top navigation bar and Identity will automatically be selected in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Identity Properties window will open. The top of the side navigation bar will indicate the name of the DSView 3 software server.

To change server network properties:

1.Click the System tab.

2.Click Network in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Network Properties window will open.

3.Type a new DSView 3 server port number in the HTTPS Port field.

If the default value (443) is modified, the port number in the URL must be specified when accessing the DSView 3 software. For example, if the IP address of the hub server is 10.0.0.1 and the port number is changed to 444, https://10.0.0.1:444/dsview must be typed in the Address field of the web browser to access the DSView 3 software.