Avocent SPC420 Automatic Discovery, Automatic Inheritance for Group Memberships and Properties

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4.You may change the cascade switch type by selecting from the drop-down menu. If you change the cascade switch name, it must contain 1-64 characters and must not exist in the DSView 3 software database unless it is associated with a multi-user cascade switch.

5.To merge cascade switches, click the checkboxes to the left of the entries, then click Merge.

6.To split a previously merged set of cascade switches, click the checkbox to the left of the entry, then click Split.

7.Click Next. The Operation in Progress window will open, followed by the Completed Successful window.

8.Click Finish.

Automatic Discovery

NOTE: Automatic discovery is only supported for DSR switches. To be available for automatic discovery, discovery settings on the DSR switch must be configured with the DSView 3 Server IP address. For more information, see the DSR Installer/User Guide.

To enable or disable automatic discovery:

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 Discovery.

4.Enable the Enable Auto Discovery checkbox if you want the DSView 3 software to automatically discover supported appliances.

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

6.If you enable the Allow target devices with the same name to be merged into a single target device checkbox, by default, the connection to a target device in the appliance will be merged with the connection(s) to an existing target device in the DSView 3 database.

Successful or failed automatic discovery generates a DSView 3 event.

Automatic Inheritance for Group Memberships and Properties

You can allow new target devices to inherit group memberships and some properties from the appliances to which the target devices are attached. Only location, contacts, notes and custom field properties are inherited. For information about assigning properties to a unit, see Unit Properties on page 139.

To enable automatic inheritance:

1.Click the System tab.

2.Click Global Properties in the top navigation bar.