User guide

• Assign IP addresses automatically
• 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 management software
The DSView management software is an Avocent software component installed on a
PC. The DSView 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 software clients interact with the software using the
DSView Explorer.
DSView server
A DSView server is a customer provided PC on which the DSView management
software is installed.
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