Avocent SPC420 manual Topology view

104DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

An appliance type will only be listed in the side navigation bar if an appliance of that type has been added to the DSView 3 software database and the user has access to it. For example, if a DSR1021 switch has not been added, that type will not appear in the side navigation bar.

•Target Devices: If target device types have been created, their links in the side navigation bar are listed under Target Devices - All.

•Unmanaged Appliances (for DSR switches only): Lists all DSR switches that have been automatically discovered. These units will not be available from the Units View appliances window until they are moved to the managed appliance list. See Managed Appliance Status on page 147.

•Mixed Views: Mixed view windows may contain managed appliances, target devices or both. Several links in the side navigation bar will open mixed view Units View windows.

•Recently Accessed - Units that the user has accessed most recently.

•Groups - Units that have been assigned to a personal or global unit group.

•Sites - Units that have been assigned to a site.

•Departments - Units that have been assigned to a department.

•Locations - Units that have been assigned to a location.

•Custom fields - Units that have been assigned to custom groups. These group names may also have custom field labels.

See Chapter 15 beginning on page 205 for information about creating and managing groups.

Topology view

Units View windows that contain managed appliances support a topology feature that can be enabled/disabled. A topology view is a series of parent-child hierarchies. A parent is a managed appliance; children can be target devices, cascade switches (with target device children of their own) and power control devices (with socket children of their own).

When the topology feature is enabled in a Units View window that contains appliances, an arrow will appear next to each appliance. This arrow can be used to expand (open) an appliance display to list all the appliance ports. A Port column will be added next to the Name column. The port value is the port number on the appliance (or “SPC” if a power device is attached to an SPC port on a DSR switch), the port number on a cascaded switch or the socket number on a cascaded power device (for example, A1). By default, the topology view sorts by the Port column. The Port column is sorted by type, number and then unit name.

Expanding and collapsing the display follows the same rules as the side navigation bar. If the arrow is pointing right, clicking it causes the children to be displayed (expanding/opening the item). If the arrow is pointing down, clicking it causes the children to be hidden (collapsing/closing the item).

If a port has a cascade switch or power control device attached, the unit name for that port will include an arrow that can be used to expand/collapse the display of either all the ports on the cascade switch or all the sockets on the power control device.