Avocent SPC420 manual Topology Synchronization

130DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

To initiate a name pull 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 Pull Names from 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.

Topology Synchronization

The topology synchronization operation updates the DSView 3 software database when a change occurs in a managed appliance. Examples of changes are the adding/removing of an IQ adaptor, cascade switch or power device.

Synchronization options include:

•Merge target device names - A target device that has connections to more than one appliance managed by the DSView 3 software can appear as two different devices when the appliances are added to the DSView 3 software database. For example, a server may have a serial console port connected to a serial console appliance, which is used during the boot process. The same server may also have a KVM connection to a KVM switch that is accessible after the server is up and running. You may configure that target device to appear only once, and the DSView 3 software will provide the valid Action choices for accessing the device.

•Default target device names allowed for connection types - If a target device has a default name, you may indicate that it can be added to the DSView 3 software database only if it supports specific connection type(s) in the appliance - for example, KVM, serial or power.

•You may enable/disable deleting target devices that no longer have connections from the DSView 3 software database.

You may enable or disable automatic topology synchronization. You may also control topology synchronization manually by:

•Enabling or disabling options when the Add Unit Wizard runs.

•Enabling or disabling options when the Resync Wizard runs.

•Initiating a target device or cascade switch merge operation from a Unit Overview window.

•Initiate a target device merge operation from the Unit Tools window (see Merging target devices on page 307).

•Initiating a cascade switch merge operation on two multiuser cascade switches in the same appliance from a Units View window.

•Scheduling or manually running the update topology task (see Task: Update topology for selected units on page 331).