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Avocent DSView User Manual

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2. Click on the primary/backup server pair that you wish to use and click OK.

If you select the Show on Startup box, you will be prompted to select a server

pair every time that you start the machine.

To add a backup DSAuth Server:

1. Install the DSAuth software on the PC that is going to be the new backup

DSAuth Server.

2. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on the

DS Auth Configuration icon. The DSAuth Configuration dialog box

will appear.

3. Select

Backup Server and enter the name of the primary DSAuth Server in

the block provided.

4. When prompted, restart the Avocent Authentication Server service.

5. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on

the DS Auth Configuration icon on the primary DSAuth PC. The DSAuth

Configuration dialog box will appear.

6. Select

Backup Server and change the name of the backup DSAuth Server to

the new name.

7. When prompted, restart the Avocent Authentication Server service.

8. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on

the DS Auth Configuration icon on the primary DSAuth PC. The DSAuth

Configuration dialog box will appear.

9. Click the Install Authentication Tokens button. This will issue new autho-

rization tokens to all attached systems running the DSView Client, iden-

tify any communications issues that the system is having and provide an

opportunity to correct them.

To promote the backup DSAuth Server to primary:

1. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on the

DS Auth Configuration icon on the primary DSAuth PC. The DSAuth Con-

figuration dialog box will appear.