50 DSView Installer/User Guide
Client session information
To specify client session information:
1. From the side navigation bar, click DSView Client Sessions. The DSView Server Client
Session Properties window will open.
a. Use the arrows to specify a time-out value (from 5-60 minutes) for inactivity of a DSView
user client session. The default is 15 minutes. When the time-out value has been exceeded,
the session will end and the user must log in again.
b. Select Enable certificate authentication to allow the DSView management software to
automatically log in internal users if the user certificate (X.509 digital ID) installed in the
DSView software client web browser matches the certificate configured for the user.
Certificates for users may be modified. See Changing certificates associated with users on
page 144 for more information.
Web browser settings may need to be modified to allow users to automatically log in using
certificates. See your web browser documentation for more information.
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Select Enable Integrated Windows Authentication to automatically log a user into the
DSView management software using the user’s NT domain or Active Directory
credentials and Integrated Windows Authentication.
Web browser settings may need to be modified to allow users to automatically log in using
Integrated Windows Authentication. See your web browser documentation for
more information.
c. Select Restrict by address range to enable only DSView software clients with IP
addresses entered in the Address List to communicate with DS1800 digital switches, CPS
appliances, CCM appliances and DSR switches.
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Do not select Restrict by address range to disable address restrictions for logging into the
DSView management software.
2. Click Save to store client session information in the DSView software database on the host.
Email
To specify email properties:
1. From the side navigation bar, click Email. The DSView Server Email Server Properties
window will open.
2. Type a new address for the SMTP server that sends email notifications as a domain name or an
IP address in standard dot notation (xx.xx.xx.xx).
3. If your SMTP server requires login credentials, select Login required to access SMTP server
and type a user name and password, then confirm the password.