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2.If you were not in an appliance type Units View window when you clicked Add in the first step, the Select Appliance Type window opens. Select Add a single appliance by type, then select a managed appliance from the product list. Click Next.

If you were in an appliance type Units View window when you clicked Add in the first step, go to the next step.

3.Enter the IP address for the appliance in the field provided.

If the appliance has already been configured with this IP address, click Next. -or-

If the appliance has not yet been configured with an IP address, select Appliance does not have an IP address assigned yet. Complete the following steps:

a.Plug in the appliance and turn it on.

b.(IPv4 addresses) Type the subnet mask in the field provided.

c.Enter a gateway in the field provided.

d.(IPv6 addresses) Select the prefix length from the menu. The preset value is 64 bits.

e.Click Next.

4.The Select Options window will open. (For more information about the options that affect adding target devices connected to the appliance, see Topology Synchronization on page 130.)

For appliances supported by plug-ins, the content of this window may differ; see the appropriate documentation.

a.Enable the Enable secure mode checkbox if you want the managed appliance to only be accessible by this DSView 3 software system. In non-secure mode, the managed appliance may be added to multiple DSView 3 software systems.

This checkbox will not appear when adding a DSI5100 appliance, which may only be added in Secure mode.

b.Enable the Allow target devices with the same name to be merged into a single target device checkbox if you wish to merge a target device that has multiple connections into a single target device.

c.Under Allow target devices that contain default names to be added for these type of connections, you may enable the checkboxes for one or more connection types. Any target devices that contain default names in the managed appliance and support the enabled connection type in the managed appliance will be added to the DSView 3 software database.

This option has no effect when adding a DSI5100 appliance, since default target device names are not supported. A target device is named when it is added as a BMC port using the Add IPMI BMC Wizard.

d.Click Next.

5.If automatic inheritance is enabled, the Select Group(s) to Inherit window opens. Select the groups to which the appliance will belong and click Add. Attached target devices will inherit