User guide

74 DSView Installer/User Guide
Figure 5.1: DSWebview Software Components
Active Server Pages (ASPs)
The DSWebview Client Node Manager runs within a web browser and provides both DS topology
and server views. This functionality is provided by an ASP and uses the DSInterface component’s
COM component to communicate with the DSAuth Server.
The topology view is not available when using the DSWebview Client with a Netscape browser.
The Node Manager indicates in the DS topology view/server view which ports are active, idle, not
powered or blocked. The DS user may instruct the Node Manager to refresh the DS topology view/
server view with the latest connection status from the DSAuth Server. The Port Status will NOT be
updated automatically as the current DSView management software window is.
DSAuth Proxy Server
A DSAuth Proxy Server is included to allow the Video Viewer window and Telnet application
Client interface the ability to make the connection to a DS appliance over TCP port 8192. The
messages received from the Video Viewer window applet are forwarded by the DSAuth Proxy
Server to the DS appliance and vice versa. The DSAuth Proxy Server must run on the web server
that is serving the DSWebview Client. The web server must have the Java runtime version 1.3.1 or
later to perform the proxy function.