Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

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38 DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide
• For supported Solaris systems: 1 GHz UltraSparc III processor
• 1 GB of RAM - additional memory may be needed, dependiing on the number of plug-ins
installed and appliances supported
• 100BaseT NIC (1GByte LAN recommended)
• 10 GB of free disk space - additional disk space may be required for data logging and plug-ins
• One of the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with the latest
service package
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise and Web Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 3 or 4 (AS, ES and WS products)
• Sun
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Solaris
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SPARC 9 and 10
• Novell
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SUSE
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Linux (x86) Enterprise Server 8 and 9
Before installing and configuring the DSView 3 software
Before installing the DSView 3 management software, install the managed appliance hardware.
If the computer will be a hub server, you will need the license key obtained from Avocent and
provide a username and password to use for initial log in.
If the computer will be a spoke server, you will need to identify the associated hub server and
provide the name/password of the hub server’s DSView 3 software administrator.
To prevent potential mouse conflicts, you may configure certain settings on each server connected
to a DSR switch, DS1800 digital switch, DSI5100 appliance or CCM/CPS managed appliance. For
details, see the Mouse and Pointer Settings Technical Brief, which is available on the DSView 3
software CD and on the Avocent web site.
Installing the DSView 3 Software
The DSView 3 management software may be installed using the DSView 3 software CD or by
downloading the software in a self-extracting .zip file from the Avocent web site.
NOTE: If you are upgrading the DSView 3 software from a previous version, it is strongly recommended that you
perform a database synchronization between the hub and spoke servers; see Replication on page 82. You
should also perform a backup of the hub server prior to upgrading the DSView 3 software; see Backing up and
Restoring Hub Servers Manually on page 58. Failure to perform synchronization and backup may have
detrimental effects. A backup should be performed both before the upgrade and immediately following
the upgrade.
To install the DSView 3 software on a supported Windows system:
1. Log on to the dedicated server as Administrator.
2. To install from a CD: