126DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

Automatic name push

When automatic name push is enabled, the name push operation occurs automatically when a name is changed in the DSView 3 software.

Table 9.1: Automatic Name Push Operation Effects

Unit

Effect

 

 

 

If the target device for the serial port in the DSView 3 software database has a single

 

appliance connection, the target device name will be pushed to the appliance.

Appliance serial ports

If the target device for the serial port in the DSView 3 software database has multiple

appliance connections, the target device name will be pushed to the appliance for

 

 

each appliance connection (for connection type(s) enabled in the Automatic Name

 

Push Properties window).

 

 

Power devices

The power device name in the DSView 3 software database will be pushed to the

appliance.

 

 

 

 

If the target device for the power device socket in the DSView 3 software database

 

has a single appliance connection, the target device name will be pushed to the

 

appliance.

Power device sockets

If the target device for the power device socket in the DSView 3 software database

 

has multiple appliance connections, the target device name will be pushed to each

 

appliance for each appliance connection (for connection type(s) enabled in the

 

Automatic Name Push Properties window).

 

 

 

If the target device in the DSView 3 software database has a single appliance

 

connection, the target device name will be pushed to the appliance.

Target devices

If the target device in the DSView 3 software database has multiple appliance

connections, the target device name will be pushed to the appliance for each

 

 

appliance connection (for connection type(s) enabled in the Automatic Name Push

 

Properties window).

 

 

 

If the cascade switch in the DSView 3 software database has a single appliance

 

connection, the name will be pulled from the appliance to update the cascade switch

 

name in the DSView 3 software database.

Cascade switches

If the cascade switch in the DSView 3 software database has multiple appliance

connections to the same appliance (a multiuser cascade switch), the cascade switch

 

 

name will be pulled from the appliance connection with the lowest port number to

 

update the cascade switch in the DSView 3 software database. (Multiuser cascade

 

switches are treated as separate cascade switches by the appliance.)

 

 

To enable or disable automatic name push:

1.Click the System tab.

2.Click Global Properties in the top navigation bar.

3.Click Units - Synchronization in the side navigation bar, then click Auto Name Push.

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