Avocent SPC420 manual Managing Units, Appliance Configuration Templates

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Managing Units

This chapter describes how to manage unit properties and settings, access rights and local account settings, and how to view unit asset and usage reports.

Appliance Configuration Templates

Appliance configuration templates allow DSView 3 administrators to quickly configure new units or replace failed units. You can create an appliance configuration template based on any supported unit in the DSView 3 software system. The appliance configuration template saves the properties of the model unit so that they can be applied to other units. Two classifications of settings are saved in appliance configuration templates:

•Personality data is specific to a single unit and is only applied during a replace appliance operation. An example of personality data is an IP address.

•Fixed data is specific to the unit family (such as DSR 8035 switches) but is not specific to a single unit. Fixed unit data, such as session time-outs, is applied during both an apply appliance configuration template operation and a replace appliance operation.

You can also create appliance configuration templates that are specific to a single unit. For example, once the unit is configured, you may wish to use the Save Last Known Good Configuration Template operation to create an appliance configuration template of the unit in that state. You can also use the Save Current Configuration Template to create an appliance configuration template of the unit in its current state. These templates can later be applied to the unit if needed.

NOTE: For appliances that do not support appliance configuration templates, the related buttons and links are not displayed.

Saving appliance configuration templates

Saving an appliance configuration template generates a DSView 3 event.

To save an appliance configuration template:

NOTE: This procedure creates an appliance configuration template than can be applied to any unit of the same family as the model unit.