Avocent Network Device SPC420 User Manual
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6 DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide
VirtualCenters, ESX Servers and virtual machines, as well as Citrix
®
XenServers
TM
and virtual
machines. You can launch a Virtual Network Computing (VNC), Remote Desktop (RDP), Secure
Shell 2 (SSH) or VMware viewer session to supported virtual machines from a single point of
access. For more information, see the Virtualization plug-in documentation. Licenses may be
required; see your Avocent representative or www.avocent.com for more information.
Blade chassis
The DSView 3 software plug-in for Blade Chassis allows you to access multi-vendor blade chassis
and blades from the DSView 3 software. You can launch a KVM session to any managed blade
from a single point of access. For a list of supported blade chassis and other information, see the
Blade Chassis plug-in documentation.
Generic appliances
Generic appliances manage data center devices such as routers. These devices may be managed
within a DSView 3 software system by launching a standard web browser to the device URL or by
opening a Telnet session.
Embedded units
Using the DSView 3 software, you may add/delete, configure/display properties, and launch video
sessions to the following versions of third party embedded units:
•
IBM
®
ASM (Advanced System Management) RSA II (Remote Supervisor Adapter II) -
Version 5, Build GRE132AUS
•
DRAC 4 (Dell™ Remote Access Controller) - Version 1.0, Build 06.14
•
HP iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) - Version 1.20
•
NEC IPF (Itanium Processor Family) - Version 0.5.1.20
For management functions (other than launching video sessions) that are not performed by the
DSView 3 software, see the documentation for the unit.
Legacy units
The following legacy units are supported in the DSView 3 software.
•
DSI5100 IPMI proxy appliances
•
EVR1500 environmental monitors
•
DS1800 digital switches
•
AutoView
®
200-4, 200-8, 400-4, 400-8, 416, 424 and 2000-AM switches (these switches must
be Flash upgraded to be added to a DSView 3 software system)
•
OutLook
®
140ES, 180ES, 280ES, 1160ES, 2160ES and 4160ES switches
•
Cyclades KVM/net KVM over IP switches
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Cyclades KVM/net Plus KVM over IP switches
•
Cyclades TS appliances