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Appliance cascade switches window - see KVM Switch and Cascade Switch Settings on page 154

To initiate a name push operation from a Units View window:

1.In a Units View window (see Accessing Units View windows on page 106), click the checkboxes next to one or more units. To select all units on the page, click the checkbox to the left of the heading at the top of the list.

2.Click Operations, then select Push Names to Appliance from the drop-down menu.

3.The Multiple Unit Operations window will open, containing a link to the Operation Results window; see Multiple unit operations from a Units View window on page 111.

Manual name pull

Table 9.3 describes what occurs when a name pull operation is initiated.

Table 9.3: Manual Name Pull Operation Effects

When pull is initiated

The effect is

for one or more:

 

Appliance serial ports

The target device name will be pulled from the appliance to update the target device

name in the DSView 3 software database.

 

 

 

Power devices

The power device name will be pulled from the appliance to update the power device

name in the DSView 3 software database.

 

 

 

Power device sockets

The target device name will be pulled from the appliance to update the target device

name in the DSView 3 software database.

 

 

 

Target devices

The target device name will be pulled from the appliance to update the target device

name in the DSView 3 software database.

 

 

 

 

The cascade switch 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 managed appliance.

 

 

You may initiate a manual name pull from a Units View window and from the following windows:

Target Devices window - see Target Device Settings on page 150

Power Device window - see Power Devices on page 165

Power Device Sockets window - see Power Device Sockets on page 168

Appliance cascade switches window - see KVM Switch and Cascade Switch Settings on page 154

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Avocent SPC420 manual Manual name pull, To initiate a name push operation from a Units View window