Opening a client session – Avocent DSView 3 User Manual
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Color palette of at least 256 colors
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One of the following operating systems:
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Windows 2000 Workstation, Server or Advanced Server with the latest service package
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Windows XP Home Edition or Professional
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Windows 2003 Server Standard, Enterprise or Web Edition
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Windows Vista Ultimate or Business
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 4 (AS, ES and WS products)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 5
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Sun Solaris SPARC 9 and 10
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Novell
SUSE Linux (x86) Enterprise Server 9 or 10
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Macintosh OS X version 10.4 and later
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One of the following browsers:
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Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later web browser (Windows operating systems only)
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Mozilla version 1.7.3 and later
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Firefox version 1.0 and later; version 1.5 or later is required for Macintosh
operating systems
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Netscape version 7.2 and later
If you are using Mozilla, Firefox or Netscape, the Video Viewer and the Telnet Viewer clients
require Java; see Java Installation on page 18.
Opening a client session
Before opening a client session
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Enable cookies and JavaScript on the client’s web browser.
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Configure the web browser. If you are using Internet Explorer, see Internet Explorer Consider-
ations on page 39.
To open a client session:
NOTE: If DSView 3 Software Client Certificate Authentication or DSView 3 Software Client Integrated Windows
Authentication is being used, the user will not be required to log in. See Certificates on page 43.
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From the DSView 3 software client web browser, enter the URL of the server host in the
address bar in the format:
https://
In this case,
dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
NOTE: To avoid multiple security warnings, enter the DNS name.
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