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Figure 4.12: Appliance General Properties

3.Type in the name of the appliance. A warning will display if you enter a duplicate name.

4.Skip the Type field. This is read-only for appliances.

5.Select the icon to display for the unit.

6.(Optional) Select the site, department and location to which you would like the appliance assigned. If a selection is not in the pulldown, type the name of the new assignment in the text field. Once entered, the option becomes available in the pulldown for future assignment.

7.Click the Network tab and type in the address of the appliance. This field can contain an IP dot notation or a domain name. Duplicate addresses are not allowed and the field cannot be left blank. You can enter up to 128 characters.

8.(Optional) Click the Information tab and type in the description of the unit. You are free to enter any information into these fields.

9.When finished, click OK to save the new settings. -or-

Click Cancel to exit without saving.

Changing DirectDraw® support

AVWorks supports DirectDraw, a standard that allows direct manipulation of video display memory, hardware blitting, hardware overlays and page flipping without the intervention of the Graphical Device Interface (GDI). This can result in smoother animation and improvement in the performance of display- intensive software.