Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 3: DSView 3 Software Servers 77
b. In the Shared Secret field, type the shared secret, which is a password protected field.
(Microsoft’s implementation allows up to 128 ASCII characters for the shared secret;
other servers may have a different limit.)
c. Re-enter the shared secret in the Confirm Shared Secret field.
d. Click Save .
6. Click Close . The User Authentication Services dialog box will appear.
RSA SecurID external authentication service
When an RSA SecurID external authentication service is added, the DSView 3 software obtains
user authentication information and relays it to the RSA Authentication Manager. The RSA
Authentication Manager’s validation results are then relayed to the user. The DSView 3 software
also supports new PIN operations, next tokencode operations, RSA Authentication Manager
Replica functionality and name locking. The DSView 3 software is the agent type Net OS Agent.
See RSA SecurID login on page 45 for information about the login process when an RSA SecurID
external authentication service is used. Consult the RSA Authentication Manager documentation
for additional details.
For complete information about what is needed on the RSA server, see the RSA Secured Partner
Solutions Directory on the RSA web site (rsasecurity.com).
To add an RSA SecurID external authentication service:
1. On the RSA server that will be used as an external authentication service, add the DSView 3
software server as an RSA Agent Host.
2. From the DSView 3 Explorer, Click the Users tab.
3. Click Authentication Services in the top navigation bar. The User Authentication Services
window will open.
4. Click Add . The Add Authentication Service Wizard will appear. Click Next .
5. The Provide Authentication Service Name and Type window will open.
a. In the Name field, type a 1-64 character name for the RSA authentication service.
b. Select RSA SecurID from the Type menu.
c. Click Next .
6. The Specify RSA SecurID Connection Settings window will open. Type the 1-512 character
path to the sdconf.rec file, or browse to the file location. (This file is created by the RSA
Authentication Manager, but is located on the DSView 3 software client machine.) Then,
click
Next .
The sdconf.rec file will be uploaded from the DSView 3 software client to the DSView 3
software server. This file will be used as the initial RSA configuration file for all DSView 3
software servers.
If some DSView 3 software servers require a different configuration, a different sdconf.rec file
must be configured. Additionally, some installations may require an advanced option file