Avocent SPC420 Manual Do Utilizador
128 DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide
The following sections describe how to change a unit’s Name in Appliance:
•
Power device - see Power Devices on page 165
•
Power device socket - see Power Device Sockets on page 168
•
Cascade switch - see KVM Switch and Cascade Switch Settings on page 154
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Target device - see Target Device Settings on page 150
To enable or disable automatic name pull:
1.
Click the System tab.
2.
Click Global Properties in the top navigation bar.
3.
Click Units - Synchronization in the side navigation bar, then click Auto Name Pull.
4.
The Automatic Name Pull Properties window will open. To enable automatic name pull,
enable the Pull Names from appliances to DSView automatically checkbox.
enable the Pull Names from appliances to DSView automatically checkbox.
To disable automatic name pull, disable the Pull Names from appliances to DSView
automatically checkbox and go to the last step.
automatically checkbox and go to the last step.
5.
For target devices that have multiple connections, you may set the connection type priority by
using the arrows to re-order the available types. This order determines which target device
name will be pulled from one or more appliances to update the DSView 3 software database.
The name will be pulled from only one appliance.
using the arrows to re-order the available types. This order determines which target device
name will be pulled from one or more appliances to update the DSView 3 software database.
The name will be pulled from only one appliance.
6.
Click Save.
Manual name push
You may initiate a manual name push from a Units View window (see below) and from the
following windows:
following windows:
•
Target Devices window - see Target Device Settings on page 150
•
Power Device window - see Power Devices on page 165
•
Power Device Sockets window - see Power Device Sockets on page 168
Cascade switches
If the cascade switch in the DSView 3 software database has a single appliance
connection, the name will be pulled from the appliance to update the cascade
switch name in the DSView 3 software database.
connection, the name will be pulled from the appliance to update the cascade
switch name in the DSView 3 software database.
If the cascade switch in the DSView 3 software database has multiple appliance
connections to the same appliance (a multiuser cascade switch), the cascade
switch name will be pulled from the appliance connection with the lowest port
number to update the cascade switch in the DSView 3 software database.
(Multiuser cascade switches are treated as separate cascade switches by the
appliance.)
connections to the same appliance (a multiuser cascade switch), the cascade
switch name will be pulled from the appliance connection with the lowest port
number to update the cascade switch in the DSView 3 software database.
(Multiuser cascade switches are treated as separate cascade switches by the
appliance.)
Table 9.2: Automatic Name Pull Operation Effects (Continued)
Unit
Effect