Avocent SPC420 manual Managed Appliance Status, Managed Appliance Settings

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gray and unchangeable, and indicate the inherited value. If the inherited settings indicated both Allow and Deny, the inherited value is Deny, which takes precedence.

To disable the inherit functionality, uncheck the Inherit checkbox.

• If none of the checkboxes are checked, the access right is neither allowed nor denied.

4.Repeat the preceding step to change access rights for other users/user groups.

5.Click Save and then click Close. The Units View window will open.

Managed Appliance Status

All DSR switches that have been automatically discovered are initially listed as Unmanaged Units.

To move a DSR switch to the managed units list:

1.In a Units View window, select Unmanaged Appliances.

2.Select one or more DSR switches.

3.Click Operations, then select Move to Managed Devices. The DSR switches are now available from Units View windows containing appliances.

If an automatically discovered DSR switch that has been set as a managed appliance is deleted, the DSView 3 software attempts to automatically discover the DSR switch again and add it to the Unmanaged Appliances list. The automatic discovery process continues unless the DSR switch is turned off or has the DSView 3 server address removed.

Managed Appliance Settings

To change the network settings of a managed appliance:

NOTE: The MAC address cannot be changed.

1.In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on page 106), click on the appliance name.

2.Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Network. The Appliance Network Settings window will open. To change information:

•Type an IP address, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

If you change the appliance IP address in the Appliance Network Settings window, you must then also change the address in the Unit Network Properties window. See Unit Properties on page 139. (When changing an IP address, always change it in the Appliance Network Settings window before changing it in the Unit Network Properties window.)

•Type a subnet, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

•Type a gateway, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

•Specify a LAN speed. This network setting will not appear for CPS appliances.

•Enable or disable DHCP or BootP (KVM switches).

•Enable or disable ICMP ping reply.