Avocent AV Works Adding an Appliance, To manually add an appliance with an assigned IP address:

14AVWorks Installer/User Guide

Adding an Appliance

Before you can access your appliance through AVWorks, you must add it to the AVWorks database. Once an appliance is added, it appears in the Unit list. You may either manually add or discover an appliance.

To manually add an appliance with an assigned IP address:

1.Select File - New - Appliance from the AVWorks Explorer menu. -or-

Click the New Appliance task button. The New Appliance Wizard appears. Click Next to continue.

2.Select the type of appliance you are adding. Click Next.

3.You are prompted to indicate whether the appliance has an assigned IP address or not. Click Yes and then click Next.

4.The Find AutoView 1000R/2000R window appears. Type the IP address and click Next.

Figure 3.2: Find AutoView 1000R/2000R Dialog Box

5.AVWorks will search for the indicated unit as well as all the powered AVRIQs and server names you associated with it in OSCAR, if any. If you want to search for unpowered AVRIQs, you can access the Resync feature under the Devices category in the AMP and click the Include Offline AVRIQ adaptors checkbox. For more information, see Viewing server connections in Chapter 4. Click Next.