Chapter 6 Desktop Info Servers

Installing a Dual Server Desktop Architecture

Table 6-2 DSD Configuration Prompts when SSL Communication is Enabled (continued)

Prompt

Response

 

 

Do you wish to run the DSD gateway on this

Press Return to configure the DSD Gateway on

server? (y/n)? [y] y

the current host.

 

The following messages appear:

 

Searching for failover gateway port...done

 

Using port 4310 for the failover gateway.

 

INFO: Adding entry to omni.dat for DSD_GATE

 

Generating SSL Certificates for the server:

 

<INFO_SERVER_NAME>

 

This process takes at least 4 to 6 minutes

 

Status can be checked at

 

/opt/Omnibus/utils/install/SSL/ssl.log

 

 

Enter the SSL Key Protecting Password:

Enter the SSL Key Protection Password that you

 

entered earlier in the procedure.

 

The following message appears:

 

Please wait....

 

 

DSD_GATE.conf File

To enable a unidirectional gateway from the Master Info Server in the DSD configuration to the Desktop Info Server(s), the installation script writes out a DSD_GATE.conf file to the $OMNIHOME/etc directory. This gateway configuration file contains the commands to set up a READER and WRITER to enable the DSD architecture and keep the servers in synchronization.

Desktop Info Server Authentication

Cisco Info Center performs the following steps to authenticate a Desktop Info Server:

1.Cisco Info Center checks for the existence of the MasterSerial column definition in the Info Server’s alerts.status table. If MasterSerial does not exist, the desktop enters standard Info Server mode.

2.When a user logs into the Cisco Info Center desktop, the desktop checks for the existence of the master.national table within the selected Info Server.

3.If the master.national table exists and has a valid entry in the MasterServer field, the desktop enters dual server desktop (DSD) mode. The DSD treats the selected Info Server as the Desktop Info Server and the Info Server indicated in the MasterServer field as the Master Info Server.

If the desktop does not detect the master.national table within the selected Info Server, it enters standard Info Server mode.

4.The DSD attempts to authenticate with the Master Info Server using the user name and password entered in step 2.

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Cisco Systems OL-6349-01 manual DSDGATE.conf File, Desktop Info Server Authentication

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