User guide

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CHAPTER
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Product Overview
About the DSView Management Software
The DSView
®
software, part of the DS Management Software suite, is used to manage DS
appliances, DSR
™
switches, CPS serial over IP network appliances, EVR1500 environmental
monitor and control appliances and SPC power control devices. Switches, network appliances and
attached devices may be viewed and controlled using the DSView management software.
The DS Management Software suite includes secure, browser-based access to virtually any device
in the data center, including access to all major server platforms and serial-based devices.
Use the DSAuth software and the DSView management software within the DS Management
Software suite to specify DS users and their access levels. The DSView management software and
DSWebview browser-based software components within the DS Management Software suite are
used to manage your existing appliances or launch a session to a device with a single point of
access. Views may contain appliances, devices and ports arranged in an ordered tree structure or a
listing of servers for easy selection.
Features and Benefits
Network rebooting and troubleshooting
The DSView management software uses industry standard IP connections so that you can easily
troubleshoot, or even reboot a server, from the Network Operations Center (NOC), from your desk
or from any location in the world. With the DSView management software, you can access all of
your data center devices from a single screen - making complex network access and control
remarkably easy.
Web-based access and control
The DSWebview software provides secure, browser-based access to virtually any data center
device via the Avocent DS series product suite. The Avocent DSView management software
provides secure “point-and-click” control to any connected device, using IP connections.
The DSWebview software supports Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer version 5.5 and later, Netscape
®
version 6.2 and later, Mozilla
™
and Internet Information Server (IIS)
™
5.0 on Windows
®
and Linux
®
operating systems and Safari
™
1.2 and later on the Apple Mac OS
®
X.