Avocent SPC420 manual Unit Status Values Unit type Status and Icon Description

108DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

•Name in Appliance - Name of the unit as defined in the appliance. Click on the name to display or change unit information.

•Name in DSView - Name of the unit as defined in the DSView 3 software database.

•Type - Type of target device or managed appliance model. Managed appliance types cannot be changed; to assign a type to a target device, see Unit Overview Windows on page 112.

•Status - Current activity level of a unit. Table 7.1 lists and describes the possible values.

Table 7.1: Unit Status Values

Unit type	Status and Icon	Icon	Description
Any unit	Idle	N/A	The unit is powered up with no connection.
Any unit	In Use		The unit has at least one active connection.
Any unit	Status Unknown		The status of the unit was reported to the software
			but cannot be obtained for an unknown reason.
Target devices	No Power		The target device is powered down.
Target devices	KVM Blocked		The connection path to the target device is blocked
			because a cascade switch is already in use.
Target devices	No device attached	N/A	The port does not have a target device attached.
	(topology view only)
			The DSView 3 software cannot determine the power
			state of the target device, or the software received a
			mixed power state from the target device. For
Target devices	Partial Power		example, if a target device has a KVM connection
			and a power device connection, the software will
			prompt for a power status for both of these
			connections. If both connections do not reply with
			ON or OFF, the power status will display as Partial
			Power.
			The managed appliance did not provide status
Managed	Not Responding		information. This may occur for multiple reasons,
appliances			such as the appliance is not powered up or it is
			disconnected from the DSView 3 software system.

•Action - Type of session that may be initiated. Although a unit may have multiple actions that may be performed (for example, you may be able to access a target device using a browser session or a Telnet session), only one action will be displayed.

NOTE: Actions are also available from Connections windows.